Posted on 04/15/2019 7:59:55 AM PDT by Great Awakening
It is evident that both law and morality serve to channel our behavior. Law accomplishes this primarily through the threat of sanctions if we disobey legal rules. Morality too involves incentives; bad acts may result in guilt and disapprobation, and goods act in virtuous feelings and praise. These two very different avenues of effect on our actions are examined in this article from an instrumental perspective. The analysis focuses on various social costs associated with law and morality, and on their effectiveness, as determined by the magnitude and likelihood of sanctions and by certain informational factors. After the relative character of law and of morality as means of control of conduct is assessed, consideration is given to their theoretically optimal domains – to where morality alone would appear to be best to control behavior, to where morality and the law would likely be advantageous to employ jointly, and to where solely the law would seem to be desirable to utilize. The observed pattern of use of morality and of law is discussed, and it is tentatively suggested that the observed and the optimal patterns are in rough alignment with one another.
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Importantly,
Jesus teaches morality,
Offers a choice to follow,
Does not force.
Following is not enslavement.
This is what sovereignty is about.
Volunteerism is the Great Awakening.
Sun Tzu in the Art of War chapter 3 paragraph 18: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”
Sounds right to me.
Although with respect to volunteerism, I’ll have to think more about it now that you bring it to light.
Oh, and also—we’re all ultimately slaves to something or someone. None of us are sovereign.
Like I said in an earlier post, it has to do with not agreeing with what is plain. Even people such as Buttigieg insist they are Christian, remember.
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