Векторы благополучия: экономика и социум (Jun 2023)
SOCIAL WELL-BEING AS A PHENOMENON OF MODERN SOCIETY
Abstract
The relevance of the work is caused by the fundamental importance of social well-being in the development and prosperity of society. The article analyzes the phenomenon of social well-being in modern society in the context of social philosophy. The purpose: based on the analysis of scientific literature to substantiate the thesis that social well-being is a phenomenon of modern society, most fully manifested in such forms of its existence as objective and subjective well-being. Objective characteristics of well-being act as measurable indicators – economic, environmental and social quantifiers (such as the level of education, employment, etc.), the level of security, political stability, health, etc. Subjective characteristics include a sense of happiness, life satisfaction, sense of personal growth and development, psychological well-being, sense of being a part of society, interpersonal relationships (relationships with family, friends, in the workforce, etc.), etc. Research methods: explication and comparative analysis methods, historical, socio-philosophical. The results. It was analyzed that the phenomenon of social well-being is the subject of research in a number of humanities: history, sociology, philosophy, psychology. It is proved that social well-being is an important dominant of modern society, acting as a resource for the formation of new human relationships to their leisure, happiness, success. Social well-being is a dialectical unity of objective and subjective well-being. Conclusions. The author has implemented a scientific project on the relationship between social well-being and leisure. The classification of the main approaches to the analysis of social well-being is presented. The paper showns dialectical relation of subjective and objective social well-being, which takes special forms of interaction with such phenomena of society as happiness, leisure, prosperity.
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