Hey Socrates, did you flunk Philosophy 101? Morality governs behavior.
Not to those who wanna do whatever they wanna do because they wanna do it, and a pox on anyone who tries to stop them, because they wanna do it! ;*)
I pointed out that is was highly unlikely that those laws were passed by lawmakers that believed that the law was needed for morality's sake. That they were passed simply because you cannot have a society grow and prosper without them.
To wit, she claimed that they were all laws that 'legislate morality.'
My rebuttal was that"they are laws that regulate behavior. and that "Morality is the intentions and decisions a person both holds and makes prior to their actions."
Therefore, as she's shown that behavior and morality are the same thing in her view... I gave an example. I took a shower today. As she's on record with this, she will have to say that my shower is moral or amoral. Or else rethink her line of reasoning.
And then she's got the gall to post to trappedincanuckistan about how he can't win an argument over this issue because she's all that and a box of Pocky sticks.
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I agree that morality governs behavior in individuals. I find that making laws to enforce morality, however, is a bad idea. It means that government has the right and the power to change what you believe.
And that is appalling to any free man.