From the publisher . Dictionary of Acad. Yu. In. Christmas (1926#1999) for the first time in the national culture gives a systematic idea of the basic fundamental concepts that determine the behavior and self-awareness of a person in modern society It has an encyclopedic character and is built as a thesaurus, t. e. vocabulary articles are ordered in pedigree relationships. The system of public morality is multilayered and includes, along with folk and spiritual morality, the moral norms of both individual professional spheres of activity and general civil behavior. A systematic description of the sphere of morality allows the author to give an accurate, clear and consistent interpretation of more than 100 fundamental concepts, such as: fate, one's own and others', tolerance# intolerance, appropriateness#inappropriateness, conscience, faith, hope, love, etc. p. The morality section reveals the internal culture of the individual, ways of education and self-education, meaning and lifestyle, etc. p. The section of ethics contains the interpretation of such fundamental concepts as: freedom of will, duty, good, good and evil, virtue and vice, attitude to life and death, etc. p. For self-education of students, teachers, parents, public and state figures .