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Laws follow morals, not the other way around. If the parent poster's absolute statement is to hold, it should be independent of the legal system.
by MereInterest 13y ago
Laws follow morals, not the other way around. If the parent poster's absolute statement is to hold, it should be independent of the legal system.
- jessedhillon 13y agoThat's a baseless assertion -- legality and morality are independent and only coincidentally aligned. Unless you want to start telling us about the ethical necessity upheld by the farm subsidy bill. Clearly it would be immoral for you to intentionally provide a source of liquidity for stolen goods. How does that show anything about your gambler?
- MereInterest 13y agoThey are both separate examples of contracts that are consensual and without coercion, but are immoral, both for different reasons. My goal was to find a counter-example to the statement that "All consensual and non-coercive transactions are ethical.". Once that example was found, expanding from there.