Concept of an ethic state

А clear global and national trend to reject Western, liberal and globalist axiological attitudes—postmodernist views per se—and return to traditional national spiritual values. The author continues the discussion unfolded in scientific journals around those social, philosophic, political, and legal fundamental problems carefully analyzed by Baburin in The Ethic State: A Russian View of the Values of Constitutionalism. Kerimov discusses some issues that are of crucial importance to humanity, including the a priori ethic and/or immoral state; the original depravity of capitalism, which is especially evident at the contemporary stage of its evolution; and the inevitable death of the bourgeois system. The purpose of this article is to contribute to further development of the ethic state concept. We observe significant shifts in values and consumption patterns associated with the increased cultural intelligence in the 20th and 21st centuries. People realize that the quality of life depends on spiritual depth; they strive to bring more meaning to their everyday life. A new type of Homo sapiens focuses on the social element of labor, and is committed to for self-actualization and occupational satisfaction. Most money earned is spent on spiritual needs (intellectual, ethic, religious, aesthetic, and emotional), e.g., books, masterclasses, theaters, museums, etc. The author concludes that it is possible to overcome the bourgeois system in Russia without bloodshed and that the new emerging post-economic personality plays an extremely important role in this process.