Morality and Law
Something I’ve been mulling over for a while is the subject of moral obligation, or the lack of it, in law. The way I’m looking at it right now is that the law is not, and was not intended to be, a set of moral codes. Rather, it is primarily intended as a way to maintain societal order.
Now, this is in conflict with my religious beliefs, and many of my right-wing ‘brothers’ would argue that morality should have a place in law, but it seems to me that whenever such an issue arises (abortion, morning-after pills, gay-rights) we have nothing but conflict. Or when a religious group gets involved in any sort of political process, and WWI and the crusades comes to mind, something negative generally happens to the groups image and thus religion on the whole. This is a subject that I want to write about more once I solidify it in my mind, but I was wondering what any of you have to say about the relationship between the two.
By the way, sorry it took me so long to post anything.
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