THE CATEGORY OF «SERVICE» IN THE VIEWS OF DOMESTIC THINKERS

Potapchuk Vladimir I.

The article is devoted to the current topic of the formation of the ideological foundations of Russian statehood. It examines the content of the category «service», which is one of the basic among the so-called traditional values of Russian civilization. The works of domestic thinkers belonging to the religious and philosophical tradition, where the principle of service received the most complete justification, were used as theoretical material for analysis.

Keywords:service, cooperation, Russian religious philosophy, Russian civilization, the meaning of life, traditional values, Absolute Good, statehood, public life