Любов до себе як моральний обов'язок

Abstract

The article analyzes the grounds for stating whether it is necessary to consider selflove as a moral obligation, as well as how the phenomenon of self-love allows one to form prerequisites for moral responsibility to others. The work combines different approaches of ethics to these issues, taking the naturalistic paradigm as the basis with the accent on the works of E. Fromm and M.S. Peck. The author of the article cites the point of view of the need for primordial love for oneself for the sake of subsequent love for another. The importance of self-discipline is examined as the basis of self-love and the significance of its role in this experience. Following Kant it was described what is the difference between self-love, self-affection and arrogance. The analysis of this issue aims to establish the main arguments for why a person should have a moral obligation to love himself/herself.