The problem of cognitive study of normative aspects of the "good society"

The article attempts to raise a question of the cognitive study of normative aspects of the "good society." The conundrum of coexistence in one living space of individuals with opposite values is being described. The author analyzes the process of the formation of the theory of the "good society" taking into consideration neo-liberal and communitarian debate. The most remarkable is the point of view of communitarians, who believe that civil society is not enough, since it does not solve the problems of common values. Idea is that the theory of a modern society should be a theory of a "good society." Such theory will prove the variety of values of a decent life. Thus, it is possible identify cognitive study of the normative aspects of the "good society". Basing on the works of Edmund Husserl, the authors comes to the following conclusions: First, the normative judgments can be formulated as a result of the theoretical concepts and as "the must". Second, conventional reasoning are related with the scope of meanings and values of everyday life. Third, conventional reasoning are about the empirical experience of people or their subjective assessment (what is considered valuable). Thus, the difficulty of defining "good society" and the statement "society must be good" is that a "good" acts as the maximum score of all possible predicates, and therefore, is the most multi-valued characteristic. The author concludes that the word "good" requires knowledge of certain rules, but the complexity is that "good" is a basic standard itself. In the article there are two types of normative aspects: moral norm, which has value for members of a certain community only, and the norm, which indicates the basic value, according to which, it must be rated. The vision of the "good society" includes both methods of forming normative aspects. But cognitive reasoning of the normative aspects of the "good society" has not been done yet. Undoubtedly, the concept of a "good society" will become clear after it is worked out in theory. This issue is poorly understood and requires further research.

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