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To: cymbeline

Don’t confuse law and morality.

Not all bad things are illegal. Not all legal things are good.

Law applies to everyone within a specific jurisdiction.

Morality applies to intersecting belief communities with differing morals.


76 posted on 08/03/2022 5:58:52 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

“Morality applies to intersecting belief communities with differing morals”

I follow you until the above.

What does “morality applies” mean? Are you using ‘morality’ to mean conformity to a set of rules for conduct? Does ‘intersecting’ boil down to disagreement?

I tend to think that government should stay out of issues of morality unless they lead to behaviors that are injurious to the society as a whole.


96 posted on 08/03/2022 6:27:01 AM PDT by cymbeline
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