Following the law isn't a code of morality. amirite?

but the law is often made around the idea of morals so the two are linked

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Law is the lowest school of morality in my opinion. If someone's moral code starts and ends with the law, they've never developed their moral sense past baseline and being told what is good and bad

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Absolutely agree.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I never said that someone's morals should come from the law - I also agree with you there. I'm just saying that most of the time, laws tend to be created around the idea of morals

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Totally agree. While running a red light isn't necessarily immoral, killing is wrong absolutely.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yes it is, you know the dangers of doing it, you put others at risk, but you do it anyways? Morals.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Some peoples morals dictate that they muder the unmoral

by Anonymous 3 years ago

The history of law just doesn't give me any confidence that it should necessarily be a good moral guide: Slavery, the Holocaust, lack of woman's rights etc... were all facilitated and justified with laws of the time.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

They said "*often*" not "always".

by Anonymous 3 years ago

You're right, there are lots of examples of times where it has been very clearly wrong - but I think it's coming to a point now where it does heavily rely on morals as a guide

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I agree that most law now is heading in that direction - Let's just hope that when bad laws are passed we can still recognise them as bad. You see what I'm saying - too much faith in a system like that can be a bad thing.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Im glad morals are just a suggestion

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Not always

by Anonymous 3 years ago

D&D players learn this early and quickly.

by Anonymous 3 years ago