Open AccessON THE INFLUENCE OF LAW ON MORALITY
Author(s) -
К.А. Синкин,
Д.А. Емельянова
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rossijsko-aziatskij pravovoj žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2687-010X
DOI - 10.14258/ralj(2020)4.7
Subject(s) - morality , law , philosophy of law , political science , comparative law , sociology
The article is devoted to the problem of the interaction between law and morality and especially whenlaw influences on morality. The influence of law on morality has two opposite sides. On the one hand, lawdefenses morality but on the other hand, law alters morality. The author of the article marks that suchalteration has negative trend according to which law approves immoral behavior as conformist or marginal.On the basis of analysis of certain legal rules and historical examples the author shows different possibilitiesof the interaction between law and morality and especially the influence of law on morality. There is aconclusion in the article according to which it is highly important to form legal system of Russia based onmorality.