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by jakelazaroff
2527 days ago
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Law is not intended to be a reflection of morality. There's a lot of behavior most people would consider immoral (lying, adultery, cutting in line) that we generally don't want laws against. Coordinated social pressure can be a powerful coercive force as well! |
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By whom? By any reasonable definition the two will never be the same (otherwise why have two words for it), but it does seem like laws ensure justice, and justice is a reflection of how people feel, and that all comes together to form morality.
Coordinated social pressure has its limitations. 50 years ago homosexuality is deeply frowned upon in the US, now it's accepted in a fair number of places, shouldn't the law change to reflect the new morality of the times?
And now likewise if we think that taxes are too low for the mega wealthy, or companies are bribing the living hell out of congress... shouldn't we make laws against that? I don't see stern looks changing these problems.