One-size-fits-all laws are the lazy way out.
"laws are the lazy way out"
Oh, very true. But mankind loves laws, the more the better. And it doesn't matter if there are already 40 laws on the books that address the same thing. Jesus Christ boiled down all of the Old Testament law into "Love thy neighbor as thyself". All of our laws could be broken down into a simple moral code but that would require thinking whether they were breaking this moral code so they opt for specific laws.