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Many things that are morally reprehensible are also legal, e.g. adultery, drinking. The goal of having law is not to make people more moral, it's much humbler:
by mamon 8y ago
Many things that are morally reprehensible are also legal, e.g. adultery, drinking. The goal of having law is not to make people more moral, it's much humbler: to maintain relative peace and safety.
Don't mix law and morality. Attempts to do so gave us sharia law, let that be a cautionary tale.
- tareqak 8y agoThere were many cases of religious law being the law of the land e.g. the Ten Commandments.
- revscat 8y agoMaintaining peace and safety are moral impetuses.
- mrguyorama 8y agodepends on your thorough definition of "peace", "safety", and "moral"