BRIEF CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE INDIVIDUAL’ POSITION TOWARDS STATE AND FAMILY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
BRIEF CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE INDIVIDUAL’ POSITION TOWARDS STATE AND FAMILY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: A major issue in contemporary society, one that engenders debates and disputes among philosophers,sociologists, psychologists, jurists and other specialists refers to the drastic change of the structure andfunctions of the traditional family. Due to the great number of people who prefer to live alone, divorce, insingle-parent families or consensual unions, the values of the traditional family are questioned and oftenseem totally outdated. In this article we aim to analyze the changes produced into the content of thenotion of family in the contemporary society in contrast to the traditional family ideas and values. Webelieve that, as society and the state evolved becoming increasingly complex, the role of the state in theindividual's life grew and the family's influence diminished. From our point of view, one of the reasonswhy the contemporary family is so different from the traditional family is due to the increased influenceof the state in the individual's life through its institutions and the legal order: social protection, ensuring adecent living standard, education etc. In order to support this idea, we will present a series ofphilosophical and legal arguments through which we will try to demonstrate that the major influence ofthe state and the law in the individual's life constitutes an essential element that has led to a decrease inthe influence of the traditional family

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