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The aim of this paper is to substantiate, from the philosophical point of view, the conception of the competence oriented education alternative to the traditional education in the information-oriented society. Considering the pedagogy as an applied philosophy, the author shows that the information-oriented age of modern civilization must have its own educational system with ethics in its kernel. Sustainable development of modern society is connected with the upbringing of the human being of high moral standards, independent, responsible; the human capable of transforming the world according to the universal values. The paper reveals the essence of such concepts as "competence" and "skills". There is proposed a model of person's competence in the information-oriented society which is built according to the idea of anthropocentrism and the universal system-wide regularities.