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The main goals of this work are: Ethical and social aspects of policy, contemporary liberal democratic structures, morality in political decision-making, human rights and their individual conceptions, political-philosophical ideas, function of a social-scientific education, selected aspects of security policy, environmental policy, eco-social market economy and religion and law.

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One of the main goals of this collective work is to emphasize the multiparadigmatic character of contemporary political science, an inseparable component of which are subjects such as political philosophy, political history, ethics or law. The presented individual chapters thus have an interdisciplinary character. The chapters focus on clarifying the narrow coherence, meaning and influence of the developed culture, the preferred values of society and selected political-philosophical ideas on subsequent political practices and the quality of the political process. The authors describe and analyze the essence of the political problems having a values dimension in contemporary Slovak and European society.

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Contents: Milan Katuninec: A few Thoughts on the Relation between Ethics as a Doctrine of Morality and Politics as a Human Activity - Marcel Martinkovic: Moral Aspects of Politics and their Relation to the Legitimacy of Liberal Democracies - Peter Rusnák: Political and Ethical Problem of Interpersonality and Human Rights - Milan Katuninec: Ethical Foundations for the Creation of Sustainable Growth within Social and Environmental Barriers - the Eco-Social Market-Economy - as a Valuable Force for Integration - Marián Kropaj: Social Doctrine Catholic of the Church and its Influence on Slovak Society and Law - Radoslava Brhlíková: Ethical Aspects of the Slovak Army´s Participation in Foreign Missions.

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Marcel Martinkovic specializes in the subject of History of Political Thought, comparing political systems and transformation processes.
Milan Katuninec focuses his research on Slovak and European history, social policy and relationship between ethics and politics.

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