Thank you!
IMHO,
It has always been a struggle between the individual’s free will & the will of others. Even in the closest of personal relationships, there are differences that constantly require an objective process for maintaining a peaceful, equally fulfilling experience.
Morality is a set of rules for the ‘game’ of relationships.
Laws are a codification of common-sense-rules that essentially describe, rather than prescribe, acceptable, standard behavior. Any force applied in the process of conforming to the ‘rules’ must be considered coercive in nature to be used at last resort to prevent unacceptable injury to anyone.
Respectfully offered.
“Laws are a codification of common-sense-rules that essentially describe, rather than prescribe”
Sorry, but the compelling force of government behind secular laws makes them a “preciption” more than a mere “description”. Your morality can make you desirous of following a certain behvior rule, but the secular law can compel that behavior on punishment - in real life in real time - for not doing so.
My doctor can “describe” or “recommend”, but if wants to compel the pharmacist to proivide something the doctor wants to be sure I get, he writes a “prescription” not a mere “description”.