Historical and philosophical analysis of free will as the genesis of understanding law

Authors

  • Viktor Savchenko
  • Elena Ustimenko

Keywords:

Free will, Legal understanding, Civil law, Philosophy of law, History of law

Abstract

A scientific article examines the historical and philosophical analysis of free will as the genesis of understanding law. The article considers the views of prominent scientists on the legal nature of free will. The article proves that historically, the main purpose of law was to regulate social relations and free will. The evolution of views on free will in law through Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Reformation and modern understanding has been studied. The ideas of Antisthenes, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Cicero, Flaccus, Origen, Aurelius Augustine, Boethius, Bernard of Clairvaux, Giordano Bruno, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Martin Luther, F. Suarez, M. de Molpino, T. Spinoza, I. Fichte, G. Hegel, I. Kant, F. Schelling, Cohen, L. Feuerbach, A. Schopenhauer, J. Locke, G. Leibniz, K. Marx, F. Nietzsche, E. Mounier, M. Heidegger, K. Jaspers, J. Sartre, R. Kane are explored.

Author Biographies

Viktor Savchenko

Doutor em Direito pelo Instituto de Pesquisa em Direito Privado e Empreendedorismo (Kiev, Ucrânia). Mestre em Direito pela Universidade Nacional V.N. Kharazin Kharkiv (Ucrânia). Professor Associado de Direito Civil da Universidade Nacional V.N. Kharazin Kharkiv (Ucrânia). Estágio pós-doutoral no Balliol College da Universidade de Oxford (Reino Unido). 

Elena Ustimenko

Professora Titular e Chefe do Departamento de Direito Civil da Universidade Nacional V.N. Kharazin Kharkiv (Ucrânia). 

Published

2023-12-29

Issue

Section

Doutrina Internacional