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Interresting distinction. Raises the question why we are prohibiting things that are not malum in se.
by jsilence 14y ago
Interresting distinction. Raises the question why we are prohibiting things that are not malum in se.
- carbocation 14y agoIdeally, because contextually it makes sense. It might not be inherently evil to drive 180 miles per hour, but we might guess it to be statistically unsafe in residential neighborhoods, so we prohibit it.
- tptacek 14y agoBecause they are the rules we've adopted to make society, the markets, contested access to scarce resources, drug safety, or what- have- you work. Sometimes there's more than one set of workable rules, but we have to pick one.