Education
Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow Lomonosov State University, 1961.
Postgraduate studies, Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow Lomonosov State University, 1964.
Degrees and Titles
Dr. Sc., Philosophy, 1977, («The Social Nature of Morality”)
Cand. Sc. Philosophy [Ph.D.], Moscow State University, 1964 (“The Conditions of the Genesis of Morality”)
Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1997-2003
Professor, 1982
Member of the International Institute of Philosophy, 2012
Laureate of the 1996 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence
Laureate of the State Award of Russian Federation for “New Philosophical Encyclopedia” in 4 volumes. 2003
Dr. h.c. of the St-Petersburg State University, Russia
Prof. h.c. of Novgorod Yaroslavl the Wise State University, Russia
Professional appointments
Principal Adviser for Academic Affairs of the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences: 2015 – present;
Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences: 2006–2015;
Deputy Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences: 1994–2005;
Head, Department of Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, Lomonosov Moscow State University: 1996–2014;
Research fellow of the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences: 1987 – present;
Assistant professor, Lecturer, Professor of philosophy and ethics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University: 1967 – present.
Employment as Visiting Professor
(selected list)
1996–2000 – Professor of Ethics, Novgorod Yaroslavl the Wise State University, Russia
1985–1986 – Professor of Ethics, Carlow University, Prague
1978–1980 – Professor of Ethics, Humboldt-University, Berlin
Teaching Experience
Ethics: Systematic Course for Students of Philosophy (Moscow Lomonosov State University)
Ethics of Aristotle
Free will and Responsibility
Ancient Ethics
Nietzsche “On the Genealogy of Morality”
M.M. Bakhtin “Toward a Philosophy of the Act”
Professional Activities
Editor-in-Chief, journal “Social Studies” (in English). Moscow, Russia
Editor-in-Chief, journal “Ethical Thought”. Moscow, Russia (since 2000)
Member, Editorial Board, journals: «The Questions of Philosophy», «Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences». Moscow, Russia
Editor-in-Chief, dictionary «Ethics”. Moscow, Russia
Member, Editorial Board, “New Encyclopedia of Philosophy”. Moscow, Russia
Head, Organizing Committee, World Philosophy Day “Philosophy in the Dialogue of Cultures”. November, 2009
Publications:
(out of more than 500 works)
Books
Ethics. Text-book for the faculties of philosophy (Eds. A.A. Guseynov, E.L. Dubko). Moscow, 2006.
The Idea of The absolute in Morality. Moscow, 2004.
Ethics: Text-book for universities. Moscow, 1998 (with R.G. Apressyan). 3 editions (2002, 2004, 2007).
Philosophy, Morality, Politics. Moscow, 2002.
On the New Definition of Morality. Rostov-on-Don, 2001.
Language and Conscience. Moscow, 1996.
Great Moralists. Moscow, 1995.
The Golden Rule of Morality. Moscow, 1988. 3 editions (1979, 1982,1988). In Russian. Published in Bulgarian, Slovak, Spanish, German.
A Short History of Ethics. Moscow, 1987. (with G. Irrlits). In Russian. Published in Chinese, Serbian.
An Introduction to Ethics. Moscow, 1985. In Russian. Published in Hungarian
Articles
The Philosophy of the Act as the First Philosophy. (An Interpretation of Bakhtin’s Moral Philosophy). The Second Article. The First Philosophy as Moral Philosophy // Voprosy Filosofii. 2017. Vol. 7. P. 65–74.
The Philosophy of the Act as the First Philosophy (An Interpretation of Bakhtin’s Moral Philosophy) First Article: To Be Means To Act // Voprosy Filosofii. 2017. Vol. 6. P. 5–15.
Ethics and its Place in Philosophy // Morality in the Contemporary World and the Problems of Russian Ethics. 2017. Moscow. P. 10–32.
Nicomachean Ethics: Text and Doctrine // Russian Studies in Philosophy. 2016. Vol. 54. No. 6. P. 486–500.
Philosophy: history and theory // Studies in East European Thought. 2016. Vol. 68. Issue 2–3. P. 107–117.
Die religiös-sittliche Lehre von Leo Tolstoj // Leibniz Online. 2015. No. 20.
What Ought I Not to Do? // Ethics or Moral Philosophy / Ed. by Guttorm Floistad. Vol. 11. Springer, 2014. P. 73-86.
Morality as the Limit of Rationality // Russian Studies in Philosophy. Winter 2013-14. Vol. 52. No. 3. P. 18-38.
Negative Ethics // Russian Studies in Philosophy. Winter 2013-14. Vol. 52. No. 3. P. 56-72.
Reply to What is your opinion of the present-day condition of philosophy in Russia? // Studies in East European Thought. 2014. Vol. 66. No. 3-4. [Electronic resource].
The Golden Rule of Morality // Russian Studies in Philosophy. Winter 2013-14. Vol. 52. No. 3. P. 39-55.
Trotsky vs Ethics // Russian Studies in Philosophy. Winter 2013-14. Vol. 52. No. 3. P. 73-84.
Philosophy as an Ethical Project // Philosophy: Theory and Practice/ Russian Academy of Sciences/ Ed.: V.Sharova, E.Trufanova, A.Yakovleva. Moscow: ИФ РАН, 2013. P. 5–25.