The article is devoted to the philosophical and legal problems of human behavior in the context of axiological aspects of anthropocentrism, which consists in observing human rights and freedoms and ensuring the principle of human dignity.
 It is emphasized that the dynamic development of society affects the understanding and interpretation of the criterion of "permissibility" in behavior. The worldview and value attitudes and orientations of a person in society are changing, which causes substantial changes in the perception of legal phenomena as phenomena of social reality.
 It was found that legal behavior is human behavior regulated by legal norms. It can be legal or illegal. Accordingly, the law either supports and encourages such behavior (lawful), or, on the contrary, considers it inadmissible, as it violates the norms of cohabitation (illegal).
 It is emphasized that many scientists support the approach that lawful behavior does not require effort, but only involves the individual's refraining from negative actions. It was noted that such detention is not difficult for a person who was formed in a legal environment where those around him were law-abiding citizens, but on the contrary, it is the norm, but there is another type of person, for whom an environment with illegal goals and attitudes was an example. For such people, in order not to fall under the influence of a marginal, and sometimes criminal environment, it is necessary to make maximum efforts, sometimes even associated with danger to life and health.
 It is noted that in the legal sphere there is a rather dangerous behavior of the so-called "double standards", when a person in general allegedly observes the rules of coexistence in society, observes the norms of the law and moral prescriptions, but believes that some norms and standards can be violated due to the fact that the damage from their violation is not significant.
 Attention is focused on the fact that the value of human behavior lies in its implementation in a legitimate direction, through compliance with the norms of law and social morality inherent in a certain society at a specific stage of its development.