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Because it's a bit petty and flat out wrong. Many laws exist not for moral reasons, but to keep the whole system running. If we were allowed to murder one anoth
by gtaylor 13y ago
Because it's a bit petty and flat out wrong. Many laws exist not for moral reasons, but to keep the whole system running. If we were allowed to murder one another without consequences, society would be vastly different. If we were allowed to cheat on our taxes without punishment, the system itself may collapse.
While there are certainly buffoons legislating their morals on others, I think the greater chunk of modern legislation is corporate/profit driven rather than this pressing of morals you mentioned. There are, of course, exceptions, but I think your comments harped on only one motivator (of many) for legislation.
- sdegutis 13y ago> If we were allowed to murder one another without consequences, society would be vastly different There's an inherent belief that the difference in society would be bad. Is that true? Bad is pretty qualitative, so it comes down to a belief. > If we were allowed to cheat on our taxes without punishment, the system itself may collapse. There's an inherent belief that "the system" is a good thing, and that we don't want it to collapse. But again, this is a subjective belief, not universally held. Your comment is based on implicit beliefs of what is "best" for society (or even humanity) as a whole. I'm pretty sure you can't prove that your beliefs are "correct", because I'm sure most people would argue that subjective beliefs can't be correct or incorrect, they're just beliefs.
- sdegutis 13y agoBy the way, my debating this point does not imply that I agree with it.