Datsenko V. The social philosophy of B.O.Kistiakivsky.

The objects are the texts of B.O.Kistiakivsky's works. The aim is to study the theoretical foundations of B.O.Kistiakivsky's social and philosophical views. The methods are the structural-analytic, hermeneutic, historical and comparative method of social and cultural analysis. B.O.Kistiakivsky's theoretical model of society is depicted in the dissertation. This model is based on the interaction of two factors: causal dependences and normative conditionality of human life. It is demonstrated that the relation between these two factors was considered by the philosopher to be the relation of the means and the aim. The conclusion is made that B.O.Kistiakivsky acknowledged historical progress, which he found in the gradual realization of norms and values. The analysis of B.O.Kistiakivsky's normative ideas is carried out: the ideas of the legal state of society, of the ethical socialism and of the free development of national culture. Application sphere is a training courses.