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This article examines the philosophical-anthropological foundation of N. A. Berdyaev’s ethics, which are most systematically presented in his work entitled The Destiny of Man (1931). Berdyaev proposes looking at ethics not as some kind of system of moral rules or values but as the creative enterprise of the human spirit; Berdyaev views the entire history of mankind as a particular epiphenomenon of this creative enterprise. Thus, he would not write his ethics as a separate chapter of his philosophical system; on the contrary, his entire system is specifically an outworking of his ethical quest. This view has its roots in his very particular understanding of human freedom, which, for him, is the source of absolute innovation not only for this world but for God himself, as well as that very energy by which man participates in God’s continuing creation of the world.

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Nikolai Berdyaev’s Paradoxical Ethics: Researching the Philosopher’s Anthropological Findings

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    2025年

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  • Sofia V. Androsenko

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This article examines the philosophical-anthropological foundation of N. A. Berdyaev’s ethics, which are most systematically presented in his work entitled The Destiny of Man (1931). Berdyaev proposes looking at ethics not as some kind of system of moral rules or values but as the creative enterprise of the human spirit; Berdyaev views the entire history of mankind as a particular epiphenomenon of this creative enterprise. Thus, he would not write his ethics as a separate chapter of his philosophical system; on the contrary, his entire system is specifically an outworking of his ethical quest. This view has its roots in his very particular understanding of human freedom, which, for him, is the source of absolute innovation not only for this world but for God himself, as well as that very energy by which man participates in God’s continuing creation of the world.