THE SYSTEM OF VALUES OF RUSSIAN YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CONTEXT OF ENSURING SPIRITUAL AND MORAL SAFETY OF THE SOCIETY
The article deals with sociological understanding of the value system of Russian young people and its role in ensuring spiritual and moral safety of the society. The authors of the article focus on priority importance of spirituality, morality for preservation of specifically human features in the individual and normal functioning of the society. The regulating function of the value-based system is manifested in the fact that values form the standards of cultural assessments in the youth community, determine the hierarchy of young people's life goals and the choice of methods for achieving them. Any social changes may have both positive and negative character, in exactly the same way values acting as a catalyst for changing the consciousness of young people may become not only an accelerating factor of social transformations, but also a retarding one. Basing on the results of the analysis of the most important spiritual and moral values of young people, the authors of the article conclude that reappraisal of values is a complex and difficult process, and on the whole it is indicative of a low level of spiritual and moral safety. This is due to the fact that in the mass consciousness of Russian young people there take place processes of rethinking the facts of modern life, new changes, collapse of former ideals and orientations, and the search for new value orientations. The transitional period crisis, which has lasted for many years in the Russian society, and the destructive processes in all its spheres are the main reason why the problem of ensuring spiritual and moral safety in the context of the formation of moral capacities in young generations of Russians has long been urgent in our society.