THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF ETHICAL DISCOURSE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOR LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND LAWYERS

Abstract

The author of the article argues that contemporary humanities education shapes the subject-specific knowledge of future professionals but virtually ignores the ethical, moral, and communicative dimensions of their future profession. This is evidenced by the disappearance of courses such as ethics, professional ethics, and communication ethics from humanities curricula. The article asserts the need to train specialists taking into account the specificities of professional ethical discourse in the fields of philosophy, philology, and law.

The purpose of the work to identify and analyze the specific features of ethical discourse in the process of training specialists in philosophy, philology, and law at the university level.

Methodology. The methodological foundation of this study is communicative philosophy, which views communication itself as the fundamental characteristic of professional activity. We partially employ an institutional approach, which serves as a methodology for the ethical conceptualization of the functioning of specific humanities disciplines within the framework of university education. The theoretical analysis of moral practices is carried out through the means of applied ethics.

Scientific novelty. This study is the first to analyze the specific characteristics of the ethical discourse of undergraduate and graduate students in philosophy, philology, and law in the context of their practical professional training.

Conclusions. The teaching of ethics and professional ethics to students majoring in philology, philosophy, and law must be based on a clear understanding of the distinct characteristics of ethical training and the moral and etiquette education of future professionals in each of these fields. It is important for philosophers to instill a culture of debate; for philologists – to develop a hermeneutic approach to every literary text and respect for different languages; and for future lawyers, it is important to prepare them for the practical implementation of the principles of nonviolent communication; to consistently oppose manifestations of corruption and to uphold the independence of judicial decisions from politics.