Valorile eticii tradiționale în epoca războiului și globalizării. Studiu de caz: Republica Moldova

Abstract

The tension between traditional and modern has taken on new dimensions at the end of the 20th century, thanks to the unexpected perspectives of globalization. The accelerated pace of technical change began to affect not only the social domain of technical innovations and economic solutions, but also ideas, values and patterns of behavior. Under the influence of globalization, openness, media information and contact with other cultures, traditional values are changing. The given issue is multi-faceted and therefore I will limit myself to only two aspects of the given topic. In the paper that I will present I will analyze an ethical problem related to consumption as an existential goal and the evolution of the family in conditions of globalization. In the Republic of Moldova the phenomenon of changing ethical attitudes began to spread in the 90s of the last century, when the fall of communism was associated with unlimited consumption as a value of life. The consumer society, the idea of which has spread in the Republic of Moldova, has led to behavioral changes. Many people were not fully aware of the difficult conditions that lead to abundance, they wanted to consume a lot with minimal effort. Consumption has become an index of success and achievement. Another traditional value of Moldovan society is the family, which, due to the opening to the world and globalization, has become the subject of new models and trends. During the period 2016-2022, both the number of marriages and divorces, has been decreasing. The number of registered marriages among young people is decreasing. But the number of marriages at older ages is increasing. The family remains a value for the citizens of the Republic of Moldova although some behavioral aspects of it are changing.