The problem of the future: the social and philosophical aspects

The author considers the problem of the future on the basis of an analysis of concepts related to the development of the scientific and technological revolution in the conditions of the modern information stage of civilization. Special attention is paid to theories in which the model of the future human society is not directly related to the technotronic society, which absolutizes the technological side of progress. Noting the possibility of the impact of new technologies on the transformation of the biological nature of man and his natural identity, the author justifies the actualization of ethical issues in socio-philosophical thought, the importance of taking into account the ethical category in analyzing the realities of the modern stage of civilization, its contradictions, deviations from the ideas of humanism, over human dignity in the name of affirming the “right of the strong” in the pursuit of world domination. It is pointed out that the intensification of confrontations on the part of peoples and countries that do not want to put up with the “new form of totalitarianism”, the aggravation of the opposing economic and geopolitical interests of different countries puts humanity at the threat of degradation of its civilizational state, which determines the search for ways to get rid of violence, the stage of civilization, the civilization of real humanism, which guarantees the creation of all conditions for the spiritual development of the individual.