Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values as an Object of Legal Research

Introduction. The article raises the problem of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values as an object for legal research. The starting point of any scientific research is to clarify the conceptual apparatus of the study, which determines the analysis of the question of the content of the category under consideration. The phenomenon of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values is a subject for interdisciplinary research, which requires borrowing a number of categories from philosophy and social sciences when conducting its theoretical and legal analysis. The legitimization of relations in the field of protection of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values requires primary attention from theoretical jurisprudence to the issue of defining the conceptual content and scope of this concept, which dictates the need for additional research in the field under consideration. Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the research is based on the following general scientific and special methods of cognition of legal phenomena and processes. Consideration of the nature of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values is carried out within the framework of an interdisciplinary approach, which is combined with the principles of consistency and objectivity of scientific research. The scope and content of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values are investigated through the use of formal-logical and inductive-deductive methods. Results of the study. As a result of the research, the author's understanding of the concept of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values as an object for legal research is proposed. The internal patterns of functioning of the phenomenon under consideration, as well as external threats that necessitate the use of legal remedies, are revealed. Discussion and conclusion. Under traditional Russian spiritual and moral values, it is proposed to understand the concentrated expression of the most significant for Russian society and the state, time-tested social practices that are the subject of broad-casting spiritual and moral experience from one generation to another, encroachments on which trigger an irreversible process of disintegration of social matter, degeneration of all social ties.