A decent human existence in the Russian pre-revolutionary historical and philosophical thought

Conceptions of a decent human existence are an important social ideal and mental reference point of modernity. Since the era of the New Times one can see the desire of the West to monopolize the idea of a decent human existence and associate it primarily with its own cultural and legal tradition. The paper notes that the Russian historical and philosophical thought has developed its own concept of decent human existence which could make the original concept of the rule of law in Russia.