Justice: between law and Conscience

Andrey I.  Vinogradov; Maiia E.  Pankratova; Anatoly N.  Yashin; Natalya Yu.  Rasheva; Anton V.  Emelyanov; Oksana P.  Chernykh

doi:10.46398/cuestpol.3970.06

Andrey I. Vinogradov Murmansk Arctic State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7008-1980
Maiia E. Pankratova Murmansk Arctic State University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-8727
Anatoly N. Yashin Murmansk Arctic State University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4262-8894
Natalya Yu. Rasheva Murmansk Arctic State University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0063-9253
Anton V. Emelyanov Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5304-980X
Oksana P. Chernykh House of Students «Magnet» https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7508-8049

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3970.06

Keywords: philosophy of law, history of philosophy, law and conscience, justice and morals, conceptual binomials

Abstract

From the philosophical perspective article deals with the correlation between law and consciousness. To address the issue, ideas from renowned thinkers are used. It specifically describes the experience of addressing the subject in Russian philosophy from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. The article shows the reasons for preferring law or consciousness in different periods of history and demonstrates the rational nature of law and the irrational nature of consciousness, indicating that law and consciousness are not mutually exclusive. It concludes with an attempt to combine the two concepts in activities of people who must enforce legal norms. Using the experience of Russian philosophy, which regards the law as a moral minimum, people are advised to govern their actions not only by legal rules, but by listening to the voice of their conscience. The authors suggest understanding conscience as a spiritual and moral human law that makes it possible to make decisions without being forced or motivated from the outside, governed by the internal realization of good and evil and identifying the veracity, justice, and rectitude of an act.

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Author Biographies

Andrey I. Vinogradov, Murmansk Arctic State University

Dr. of Philosophy, Professor, Director of the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Murmansk Arctic State University, 15 Egorov street, Murmansk, 183038, Russia.

Maiia E. Pankratova, Murmansk Arctic State University

PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Civil and Financial Law Department, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Murmansk Arctic State University, 15 Egorov street, Murmansk, 183038, Russia.

Anatoly N. Yashin, Murmansk Arctic State University

Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Criminal and Administrative Law, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Murmansk Arctic State University, 15 Egorov street, Murmansk, 183038, Russia.

Natalya Yu. Rasheva, Murmansk Arctic State University

PhD in Law, Associate Professor at the Civil and Financial Law Department, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Murmansk Arctic State University, 15 Egorov street, Murmansk, 183038, Russia.

Anton V. Emelyanov, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sports Development, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, 38 Lenin Avenue, 455000, Chelyabinsk Region, Magnitogorsk, Russia.

Oksana P. Chernykh, House of Students «Magnet»

Ph.D., deputy Director for Scientific and Methodological Work, House of Students «Magnet», 33
Leningradskaya str., 455000, Chelyabinsk Region, Magnitogorsk, Russia.

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