Early and Late Ethics of E. Husserl

The author follows the common division of Husserl’s ethics into early and late periods, and gives a description of each period, indicating their leitmotifs, goals and objectives. The early stage of Husserl’s ethics is viewed from two aspects – transcendental and disciplinary. It is shown that the early stage is characterized by the homogeneity of the three kinds of mind (theoretical, practical and axiological). The consequence of this homogeneity is the parallelism (Parallelismus) of logic and ethics and Husserl’s intention to construct ethics following the pattern of logic. The late stage is characterized by the intention of Husserl to arrange the interaction of practical philosophy with specific problems of actual practice. Husserl did not turn away from acute social problems and even participated in a kind of patriotic propaganda. The presented review shows how heterogeneous in structure and original in its content and genesis is the ethical thought of Husserl.