Sophia Ethics as a synthesis of tradition and innovation

   Relevance. In the context of the disintegration processes of Western civilization and the revival of the great civilizations of the East, the issue of preserving and restoring traditional forms of culture, ethics, and religion of the main subjects of world development, primarily Russia, is becoming urgent.

   The purpose is to identify the mechanisms of the tradition's existence in the flow of history, to propose ways to preserve and adapt the tradition in the modern conditions of the crisis world.

   Objectives: To develop and substantiate methods of applying the maintenance and adaptation of tradition in modern civilizational processes.

   Methodology. Comparative, philosophical and methodological analysis, cultural and historical analysis, and predictive approaches were used to examine the effectiveness of the application of the Sophia key to traditional teachings.

   Results. The use of the previously introduced Sophia Key as a method of diagnosing completeness or reduction in the life worlds of traditional practices is justified. An extension of the Sophia Key has been found and its replenishment as the Great Anthropological Transition progresses. The new concept of a "time capsule" is being introduced as a community of closely interacting people of all living generations, which makes it possible to diagnose and compensate for civilizational rifts at the level of the family and other social and civilizational entities. A Sophia civilizational matrix is proposed, presenting a semi-quantitative description of the seven basic elements of the key, the attitude of a person towards them and the dynamics of changes in the civilizational matrix.

   Conclusions. The addition of any traditional holistic worldview teaching or religion using the methodology of the Sophia Key makes it possible to diagnose and predict the processes of rooting, degradation or strengthening of tradition, which is extremely important in the context of the widespread loss of values and meanings of being in the modern crisis world.

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