The terms ‘ideals' and ‘ideal' in the works of E.V. Ilyenkov

The terms ‘ideals' and ‘ideal' are analyzed in the works of the researcher of Marxist-Leninist dialectics E.V. Ilyenkov from the ethical and philosophical perspective. The doctrine of the ideal is specified as an objectified form and the law of the existence of diverse phenomena reflected in the spiritual culture of society. The dialectical categories of the ideal and the real are considered. There is a need for the dynamic development of ideas about the ideal and ideals where the ideal and the insights into ideals are compared by E.V. Ilyenkov with a mirror effect and expressed in spiritual forms of culture: religion, art, or science. In his opinion, the purity and truth of ideals are reflected in rational and dialectical thinking. Everything that exists in society should not be considered unchanged and fair. Imperfect public systems created by a person should be fixed by constant movement; they take on a new meaning when they dynamically change and evolve. The author concludes that the creation and precondition of ideals are the absence of isolation, an inseparable link with the social and economic living conditions. The study reveals that dialectical thinking based on the rational cognition of being facilitates the true comprehension of ideals by a person.