Education
Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow Lomonosov State University, 1961.
Postgraduate studies, Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow Lomonosov State University, 1964.
Degrees and Titles
Dr. Sc., Philosophy, 1977, («The Social Nature of Morality”)
Cand. Sc. Philosophy [Ph.D.], Moscow State University, 1964 (“The Conditions of the Genesis of Morality”)
Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1997-2003
Professor, 1982
Member of the International Institute of Philosophy, 2012
Laureate of the 1996 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence
Laureate of the State Award of Russian Federation for “New Philosophical Encyclopedia” in 4 volumes. 2003
Dr. h.c. of the St-Petersburg State University, Russia
Prof. h.c. of Novgorod Yaroslavl the Wise State University, Russia
Professional appointments
Principal Adviser for Academic Affairs of the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences: 2015 – present;
Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences: 2006–2015;
Deputy Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences: 1994–2005;
Head, Department of Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, Lomonosov Moscow State University: 1996–2014;
Research fellow of the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences: 1987 – present;
Assistant professor, Lecturer, Professor of philosophy and ethics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University: 1967 – present.
Employment as Visiting Professor
(selected list)
1996–2000 – Professor of Ethics, Novgorod Yaroslavl the Wise State University, Russia
1985–1986 – Professor of Ethics, Carlow University, Prague
1978–1980 – Professor of Ethics, Humboldt-University, Berlin
Teaching Experience
Ethics: Systematic Course for Students of Philosophy (Moscow Lomonosov State University)
Ethics of Aristotle
Free will and Responsibility
Ancient Ethics
Nietzsche “On the Genealogy of Morality”
M.M. Bakhtin “Toward a Philosophy of the Act”
Professional Activities
Editor-in-Chief, journal “Social Studies” (in English). Moscow, Russia
Editor-in-Chief, journal “Ethical Thought”. Moscow, Russia (since 2000)
Member, Editorial Board, journals: «The Questions of Philosophy», «Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences». Moscow, Russia
Editor-in-Chief, dictionary «Ethics”. Moscow, Russia
Member, Editorial Board, “New Encyclopedia of Philosophy”. Moscow, Russia
Head, Organizing Committee, World Philosophy Day “Philosophy in the Dialogue of Cultures”. November, 2009
