Email this article How conscience becomes law: an attempt at an interdisciplinary perspective between law and religion
- Authors: Mityko A.E.1
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Affiliations:
- HSE University
- Issue: Vol 15, No 6 (2025)
- Pages: 190-194
- Section: Criticism. Bibliography
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2223-0092/article/view/380977
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.33693/2223-0092-2025-15-6-190-194
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/JTQPXG
- ID: 380977
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Abstract
The article presents an analysis of P.P. Serkov’s monograph “Legal Relations. Theory and Practice of Legal Regulation of Economics” from the perspective of an interdisciplinary dialogue between law and religion. The article demonstrates the organic relationship between legal norms and moral consciousness, showing that conscience is not an external but an internal basis of the legal order. Through the analysis of biblical texts and patristic tradition, the concept of natural law as an expression of the eternal Divine Law is examined. The article reveals the mechanism of transformation of conscience into law in the context of economic turnover, where honesty and justice become the foundation of trust. Special attention is paid to the role of collective legal consciousness and sobornost (conciliarity) in creating a favorable environment for the development of individual legal consciousness. The author argues that law without connection to conscience becomes a mechanistic instrument of control, while law supported by conscience becomes a language of justice and freedom. The study emphasizes the dual function of law – protective and creative – and the necessity of its combination with spiritual law for full development.
About the authors
August E. Mityko
HSE University
Author for correspondence.
Email: amitko@hse.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3449-3064
SPIN-code: 5713-0553
clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, hieromonk Serapion, Doctor of Theology, Doctor of Divinity, Cand. Sci. (Philos.), Member of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church, Member of the Commission for the Development of Theological, Religious and Spiritual-Moral Education of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation, Member of the expert council of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in Theology, Deputy Director, Higher School of Jurisprudence and Administration, Professor, Scientific Director, Center for Religion and Law
Russian Federation, MoscowReferences
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