ETHICAL and LEGAL foundationS OF THE rUSSIAN SPIRITUAL TRADITION
The article considers the ethical and legal foundations of the national spiritual tradition. It is shown that the search for these foundations is an essential part of Russian philosophy, its invariant characteristic. Some important features of the legal ideal in Russian philosophy are revealed. Legal, religious and moral principles are synthesized within this ideal. This feature distinguishes the domestic legal ideal from the Byzantine one, within which the former ideal appeared, and from the West European one, which gives precedence to autonomous nature of legal norms.