IMPACT OF WORLD RELIGIONS ON THE NEED TO CONSIDER THE PRINCIPLE OF TRUTH IN THE JUDICIAL DECISIONMAKING PROCESS

Abstract

The article analyzes the influence of world religions on the awareness of the need to consider the principle of truth in the process of making Court decisions as a relevant scientific issue, the solution of which will allow establishing ideological grounds for the implementation of moral principles through justice. The author analyzes specific religious norms of the pre-state period, Christian beliefs, Judaism, norms of Muslim law, Buddhism. Taking into account the review, conclusions regarding the influence of world religions on the awareness of the need consider the principle of truth in the process of making Court decisions are formulated. Religions are the ideological basis for the implementation of moral principles through justice, based on the socio-ethical and cultural systems of their dissemination. Common to all religious dogmas is the need to protect against the basic violations embodied in the commandment; the definition of “evil” by specific religions and the cultivation of its eradication, both by the person himself or herself and through the bodies endowed with the right to administer justice. Religion also obliges a person to obey and take for granted what is unfair and wrong for an individual, promises rewards for suffering in another life, imposes duties for past sins, or promises to punish those responsible for injustice with “bad karma” in the future. The very semantics of the concepts of justice are contextually distinctive in different religious, historical, and socio-cultural systems. The etymological origin of the concept of “justice” is much more complex for a cohesive conceptualization and is derived from such meanings as coercion, fear, violence, and necessity. Justice in the context of asserting justice can be considered in various categories, notably it must be an unbiased assessment of circumstances based on the “truth” on the basis of equality of the parties, and as our research demonstrates – as a tool for creating safe and harmonious environment for the existence of society. Justice is deemed to be a certain standard of established truth, cultivated by religious norms that are partly beneficial to the authorities. Accordingly, we can define the relativity of the concepts of “just” or “unfair”, since they can be considered both through the Aristotelian suum cuique (to each his own), and through the principle of equality and impartiality, as well as a means of influencing society to ensure its security and (or) the interests of the authorities.