Protection of traditional values and national security issues

Abstract

The article notes the relevance of the problem of the correlation of traditional values with national security issues, defines the concept of "traditional values", the main approaches to identifying the essence and content of this concept. the traditional values of Russians are considered from the point of view of ensuring the national security of the country. There are such unique characteristics of the Russian people as community, nepotism, the priority of the ideal over the material. The abovementioned values and ideals are common — universal and acceptable to all — and echo the ideals of the Soviet period. However, now there is not a return to the values of socialism, which, by the way, also called for justice, equality, stability, but a gradual prioritization of the basic spiritual values in the consciousness of the people, regardless of the socio-economic model, since they are the backbone of the social system of society. Through the defi nition of traditional values and an objective assessment of the modern spiritual and moral state of society, the author builds a scheme for achieving the unity of the peoples of Russia as the basis of national security. In this regard, he comes to the conclusion that only the appeal of Russians to the history and traditions of their state, taking into account primarily national interests, can contribute to neutralization of internal and external threats to the individual, society and the state within the framework of the national security system of Russia, as well as preventing the negative influence of Western values and cultural expression in general. At the same time, official documents of the Russian Federation are used as arguments, as well as the speech of President V. Putin at the Valdai Forum on October 21 this year.