V.S. Solov'ev's Ethical Minimum in the Philosophy of N.N. Alekseev

Author: korolevaNV / Date: 26-03-2025 /
Publication Title: 
V.S. Solov'ev's Ethical Minimum in the Philosophy of N.N. Alekseev
Publication author(s): 
M.Yu. Zagirnyak
Abstract: 

The article focuses on the viewpoints of N.N. Alekseev (a famous figure of the Russian emigration), on the problem of the ethical minimum in the philosophy of law as an integral part of V.S. Solov'ev's doctrine. I have analyzed two approaches of Alekseev to the understanding of Solov'ev's formula of the ethical minimum: a critical reception, formed before emigration, and an in-depth interpretation, formed in the 1920s–1930s. Their differences are revealed: in the first approach Alekseev focused on the substantive difference between law and morality, and in the second approach – on their regulative similarity. In conclusion, it was revealed that Alekseev's two approaches to Solov'ev's formula of ethical minimum do not exclude each other, but they complement each other, showing the functionality of law at the level of individual and collective personalities. The heuristic potential of Solov'ev's formula of ethical minimum was founded to define the purpose of law in the development of society.

 

References: 

(Sources)

Collected Works

  1. Alekseev, N.N. Sovremennoe polozhenie nauki o gosudarstve i ee blizhayshie zadachi [The Present Condition of the Science of the State and Its Immediate Goals], in Alekseev, N.N. Russkiy narod i gosudarstvo [Russian Nation and State]. Moscow: Agraf, 1998, pp. 386–624.
  2. Solov'ev, V.S. Opravdanie dobra. Nravstvennaya filosofiya [The Justification of the Good. An Essay on Moral Philosophy], in Solov'ev, V.S. Sobranie sochineniy v 10 t., t. 8 [Collected Works in 10 vols., vol. 8]. Saint-Petersburg: Knigoizdatel'skoe tovarishchestvo Prosveshchenie, 1914, pp. 3–518.

Individual Works

  1. Alekseev, N.N. Vvedenie v izuchenie prava [An Introduction to the Study of Law]. Moscow: Izdanie Moskovskoy Prosvetitel'noy Komissii, 1918. 184 p.
  2. Alekseev, N.N. Obshchee uchenie o prave. Kurs lektsiy, prochitannykh v Tavricheskom Universitete v 1918–1919 godu [The General Theory of Law. The Course of Lectures in Tavrichesky University in 1918–1919]. Simferopol': Russkoe knigoizdatel'stvo v Krymu, 1919. 162 p.
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  4. Alekseev, N.N. Religiya, pravo i nravstvennost' [Religion, Law and Morality]. Paris: YMCA press, 1931. 106 p.
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  6. Alekseev, N.N. O soprotivlenii zlu siloy [On Resisting Evil by Force], in Novyy grad, 1939, no. 14, pp. 40–61.
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(Articles from Scientific Journals)

  1. Galakhtin, M.G. Vladimir Solov'ev i moskovskaya shkola filosofii prava [Vladimir Solov’ev and the Moscow School of Philosophy of Law], in Solov'evskie issledovaniya, 2005, issue 10, pp. 109–122.
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  3. Pribytkova, E.A. Pravo kak «eticheskiy minimum» v filosofsko-pravovykh kontseptsiyakh G. Ellineka i V.S. Solov'eva [Law as an “ethical minimum” in the philosophical and legal concepts of G. Еllinek and V.S. Solov’ev], in Solov'evskie issledovaniya, 2008, issue 17, pp. 266–285.
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(Monographs)

  1. Pribytkova, E.A.  Nesvoevremennyy sovremennik: filosofiya prava V.S. Solov'eva [Untimely Contemporary: V.S. Solov’ov's Philosophy of Law]. Moscow: Modest Kolerov, 2010. 480 p.

(Thesis and Thesis Abstracts)

  1. Stukalov, A.V. Etika prava N.N. Alekseeva. Diss. … kand. filos. nauk [Ethics of Law of N.N. Alekseev. Cand. philos. sci. diss.]. Tula, 2007. 192 p.

 

Key words: 
V.S. Solov'ev's formula of ethical minimum, philosophy of law, law as social control, sociological nominalism, sociological universalism
2025. Issue 1 (85)
The DOI index: 
10.17588/2076-9210.2025.1.026-034
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