1.2. Principles.

Formulation of the Problem.

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Let us formulate the following statements:

Thesis: Any nation has the right to self-determination up to the point of the creation of its own state. This is the best way to national prosperity.

Counter-thesis: The state should remain integral as it was, everything should be done so that the nations living in the given state should not have the right to self-determination. This is the best way to national prosperity.

These statements are given in a form in which they are encountered in ordinary life. There are certain political forces behind each of the statements (our democratic intelligentsia traditionally adhered to the first one, and representatives of the "patriotic" opposition advocate the second).

Each of the statements seems to be true, but serious arguments can be made against each of them. This is a case of antinomia, when it seems that the statements are both true and false at the same time, which is impossible from the logical point of view. How can one solve this problem?

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