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The article is devoted to the subject of ethical problems in Aleksandr Vampilov’s drama Duck Hunting. A detailed analysis of the character concepts and the complexity of the composition enable one to reach the motives and images the work’s contents are actualized through: rain, a window, a door, a telephone – these are the recurring motives crucial in presenting the moral dilemmas of the main character – Viktor Zilov. Each of them may be interpreted as a sign of spiritual anxiety and Zilov’s efforts, his ups and downs, questioning the value of life and giving it some meaning. An oscillation between extremes, transitioning from drama to comedy and from laughter to tears, determines the structure of the text and, at the same time, gives an expression of the main character’s existential quest, one lost in the intricacies of every‑day reality. A The drama’s perfect structuring, the careful construction of space – the real and the imaginary, sound and light effects are all subordinated to the one imperative goal – showing Zilov’s spiritual evolution and the moral feeling still present in his life.
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Beata Siwek
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  1. Lublin, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
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Business ethics – together with other branches of applied ethics – faces a challenge of the validity of its claims. These ethical claims must be convincing for participants of economic life and meet the requirement of impartiality. Of course, philosophical ethics helps in this search. Among many ethical propositions, the emphasis is on those that have sufficient epistemological grounding (often taking the form of a meta-ethical recommendations). Considering this condition, the choice of ethical tools is significantly reduced. For this reason, the search for ethical standards applicable in social practice is continued in the sphere of culture. Meanwhile, this widening of the research field must be done with caution. It is hard to find in culture an answer to the question about the criteria for ethical behavior. Culture, of course, is founded on such criteria. However, there are more of them than would be expected by an ethicist seeking – in this area – a solution to the problem of the validity of an ethical norm. The fact that complicates this search is that the changes that have been taking place in Western culture since the mid-twentieth century are very powerful. Their multi-faceted nature means that their systematization (carried out using the principle of non-contradiction) is not possible. The hypothesis regarding the complexity and heterogeneity of normative beliefs held by Western societies is confirmed (among others) by the analysis of processes initiated by the performative turn. Hence the choice of arguments offered by performance studies. They harmonize with the leading intention of this research paper. They explain why the world of cultural values – despite the multitude of practices of giving them significance – legitimately aspires to be the normative foundation of collective life, including economic life.

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Przemysław Rotengruber

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