Philosophical and legal concept of the essence and content of the category of “responsibility” and its transformation in the context of the modern world picture

Aleksey Kuznetsov

doi:10.35750/2071-8284-2024-4-161-173

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PHILOSOPHICAL AND LEGAL CONCEPT OF THE ESSENCE AND CONTENT OF THE CATEGORY OF “RESPONSIBILITY” AND ITS TRANSFORMATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MODERN WORLD PICTURE Philosophical and legal concept of the essence and content of the category of “responsibility” and its transformation in the context of the modern world picture

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Published in Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia · Volume 2024, Issue 4 · Pages 161–173 · Rubric: CRIMINAL LAW SCIENCES

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2024-4-161-173

Received: 08.09.2024 Accepted: 12.11.2024 Published: 26.12.2024 Language of publication: RUS

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Aleksey Kuznetsov

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Aleksey Kuznetsov

Academic degree: candidate of jurisprudence sciences

Science rang: docent

Sochi Branch of the All-Russian State University of Justice Russian Federation

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ABSTRACT

Introduction. For a long time, our ideas about the essence and content of the category of "responsibility" in the general theory of law, including views on the concept of criminal liability, remained stable, despite their debatable nature. Retrospective responsibility, which implies a state response to unlawful behaviour, has always been associated with state coercion. At the same time, the current criminal law policy, the need for a tougher response to modern challenges, coupled with the ideas of postmodernism and metamodernism allow us to put forward a thesis about a significant transformation of the category of “responsibility” and the need to rethink its essence and content. Methods. To achieve the objectives of the study, various scientific methods were used: general scientific methods of cognition (systemic-structural, analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction), the historical method in combination with the hermeneutic, as well as specific scientific methods, such as comparative legal, legal modeling and extrapolation. Results. Indicators have been identified that do not fit into the traditional understanding of responsibility, confirming the fact of its serious and inevitable transformation. These include, in particular, the use of emergency legislation by the state, significantly expanding the boundaries of responsibility; the use of new technologies (biotechnology, artificial intelligence capabilities); a shift in the vector of strategy and tactics for combating crimes from criminal law to political; a gradual transformation of the concept of retribution and punishment into a concept of control. All of the above allows us to conclude that in the near future our justice system will become more totalitarian and harsh.

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responsibility, the essence of criminal liability, state coercion, emergency legislation, criminal policy, control in criminal law

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Kuznetsov A. A. Philosophical and legal concept of the essence and content of the category of “responsibility” and its transformation in the context of the modern world picture // Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. 2024. no. 4. pp. 161-173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2024-4-161-173. (Date of access 29.09.2026).

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Aleksey Kuznetsov. "Philosophical and legal concept of the essence and content of the category of “responsibility” and its transformation in the context of the modern world picture." Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia 2024.4 (2024): 161-173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2024-4-161-173.

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Kuznetsov A. A. (2024). Philosophical and legal concept of the essence and content of the category of “responsibility” and its transformation in the context of the modern world picture. Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 2024(4), 161-173. https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2024-4-161-173

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Aleksey Kuznetsov. "Philosophical and legal concept of the essence and content of the category of “responsibility” and its transformation in the context of the modern world picture." Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia 2024, no. 4 (2024): 161-173. https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2024-4-161-173.

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