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All laws are an imposition of and a reflection of the morals of the law-givers.

• pyre 16y ago
  There's a different between "thou shalt not kill" and "I don't think that you should be reading that book there citizen."
  • pnathan 16y ago
    They still abstract out to the same idea: imposition of morality. You may disagree with the rightness of that particular law, but both conform to the abstract type of 'morality'.
    • keithnoizu 16y ago
      I think it's important to ask if laws and the justice system are meant to punish those who have broken moral codes or if they are meant to maintain and protect society. Where you fall on that gradient is going to effect how you view things like rehabilitation programs, issues of human sexual abberations, fidelity, drug abuse, and so forth.
      • pnathan 16y ago
        Well, doesn't the idea of 'protect society' also fall into a Moral Code? :-)