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In your view, is legality always and invariably the same as justice? In other words, are all laws just, and all that's just is codified as law?
by alexgieg 8mo ago
In your view, is legality always and invariably the same as justice? In other words, are all laws just, and all that's just is codified as law?
- rootusrootus 8mo ago> always and invariably When you frame a question as an absolute, I feel comfortable answering no. If you have a real philosophical argument you want to make, go for it.
- alexgieg 8mo agoYou said what happened to him was just. Most people I've seen have taken the position it was legal but unjust.
- rayiner 8mo agoJust includes citizens being able to decide the terms and conditions on which outsiders are allowed into their country. Being able to decide the conditions for immigration is a fundamental consequence of the right of self determination.
- alexgieg 8mo agoIt seems US citizens are quite divided on this, which suggests there's intense dissatisfaction with the law as is, and therefore the need to re-legislate the topic following the current will of the majority.