THE NEED TO DISTINGUISH ETHICS AND MORALITY IN THE LEGISLATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Abstract

The subject of research: legal norms that enshrine the concept of morality as an object of legal protection. The purpose of this article is to reduce the semantic uncertainty of the concept of «morality», enshrined in the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The methodology of the study was comparative, formal legal, analytical methods, systematic approach. The work is devoted to the search for the definition of the evaluative concept of «morality» contained in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The article analyzes the definition of this concept in the fields of law, provides different positions of scientists. The conclusions of the study open the way for further theoretical development of morality as an object of legal protection, create common guidelines for its implementation in law enforcement.