Tkachenko K. Philosophical principles of lawyer ethics in the socio-cultural context

The thesis is devoted to the analysis of lawyer ethics as value-normative regulation of professional activity of lawyers within the framework of social philosophy, its axiological potential caused by the nature of civil society, and specificity of development in sociocultural concretizations has been defined. It has been determined that in the philosophical thought of the continental Europe the theory of natural law, substantiating the nature of law, its moral principles and contractual basis, inextricably linking morality and law, an axiological, ethical and philosophical basis has been created for developing lawyer ethics as a value-imperative regulation of lawyers. The study of philosophy has revealed the regulatory potential of deontology through reference to its origins in the concept of E. Bentham, who emphasized the personal dimension of perception of the requirements of law and moral rules, considering personal and public interest.