Not the original poster but I think they mean that the point of the law is to approximate morality and have it consistent across society. If a court could look

Not the original poster but I think they mean that the point of the law is to approximate morality and have it consistent across society. If a court could look at a situation and determine that it is evil, then what is the point of determining whether it is legal or not? What if you came to the conclusion that something is illegal but not evil or evil but not legal? You pretty much undermine the construct of law in the first place and the existence of the court itself