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Every law is a statement of morality. Take the speed limit for a minute, going faster than the posted speed is wrong and violates what society has deemed as it's standard.
Obviously, by making something a crime it's not going to stop certain activity, but it puts up boundries so that if they are violated the criminal knows that there will be consequences to their actions.
Now not every law is necessarly moral, but to break the law- is unless it is an illegal law (in the sense it violates life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) is still wrong (there would still be consequences even if it is an illegal law so I would make sure I could live with the consequences)
To have an orderly society, a society that everyone can generally get a long there has to be limits on what can be done and then sanctions when the boundries are violated |
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peternal
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If you were able to control yourself, then you wouldn't worry so much about needing to control other people...
Just live, and let live...unless you want to start the Morality Police! |
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One
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No. Iran tries to do that with Islamic laws, but there will always be violations. It is the strength of the people to not commit crimes, not the laws that make them moral. |
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pandora68
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First one must decide what morality is. What is moral or amoral to one person may not be to another. There cannot be one set of standard rules for what is moral. Each person must decide for themselves what is or is not moral or immoral. Therefore you cannot legislate morality. |
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aabigaa2
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I don't know if you can and/or should legislate morality. The one think I noticed is that most people who keep wanting more laws is that they never come up with a better way of enforencing them. Whats the point of new laws if they can't be enforced. Face it law enforcement is being overworked and underpaid. So unless you can think of a better way of enforcing the laws already on the books please don't suggest new ones. |
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asmikeocsit
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WOW!! you really found all the long winded answerers with this question.You can pass all the laws you want.Then spend all the tax money trying to enforce them.
WHAT A WASTE... |
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RICARDVS
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... |
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James A
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"The law does not persuade merely because it threatens." -Seneca, 2000 years ago. |
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x60157
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Legislation either mirrors morality or defines it. |
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Lamont Cranston
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NO. |
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evolver
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Well certainly you can legislate morality. The question of how much effect it will have depends on:
1. The perceived legitimacy of the government;
2. and the agreement of the general public with the measure being taken. For instance, the prohibition against murder is legislated morality. Not everyone has a stake in every murder in a practical sense, but most of us are outraged by life taking and consider it immoral. So this prohibition tends to be very effective.
So if the govt. is seen as a rightful government, and the moral issue being addressed by statute is one of consensus, then legislation regarding it will be quite effective. |
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DellXPSBuyer
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NO--in this age of a 20 ton law book on taxes, and rules and regulations coming out of every orifice, it has not made people more honest or law abiding. With Enron scandals and doctors killing people with marketed drugs, things have gotten far worse than they were 30 years ago. There is more dishonesty and corruption in day-to-day business transactions then there ever was in the past. Laws have been misused and abused, and those with the cash subvert it at every turn. So to summarize: no. |
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Paranormal Princess
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No, you can not legislate morality. Making it illegal for teenagers to be having babies will not stop them from having babies. |
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Petals
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No to your example, but Bush is doing his darndest (to legislate morality). |
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rudgie
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good question
i think you can legislate morality to a point as many have shown, but the individual will choose whether or not the choice fits into there own (and everybody is different)morals.different strokes for different folks
so for eg if a teenager wants to or unknowingly makes life decisions that leed to pregnancy that WOULD be their morals |
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m434u
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to answer your question .. making it illeagle for teens to have babies would not stop teen pregnacys.
And on the subject of morals. Just who are you going to get to decide what is moral. You do realize that the USA is NOT the only culture in the world today? In the world there are many cultures and the morals of many of them are not the same as yours. So do you decide that it is wrong to do somthing or do you put it to a vote of the people. Just send a ballot to everyone over the age of say 18 and take a vote of what is moral. the collect all the ballots and have a pannel of judges from all countrys to decide what is moral. That shoud take the rest of the time we have on the eirth to decide. so go for it. |
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alias_dictus_tony
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You can but it's not going prevent people for doing things that somone might consider immoral.
A lot of times it's cause more problems then it's worth. For example Prohibition as a moral law. by banning liquor sales the US created a black market for alchol. People still ibided and crime levels rose as orginized crime became involved.
Another good example is current US drug policy. Outlawing drugs has not made the problem go away and some might say it has only made things worse. |
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Lisa
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The teenagers having babies... it won't stop them making it illegal. They're rebellious.
By the way, your aviator looks like Kevin Covais from American Idol
Lol |
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Phil P
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The 10 commandmants did say you shall not commit murder. & in all 50 states it is illegal to committ pre-meditated murder. Therefore any argument that you can not legilate morality is moot. |
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I wish we could legislate morality and decency but sadly as we found out in my island it's not possible. In the space of three years the quantity of legislation almost doubled, so many ammendments and new laws were passed but there's always a way for an unscrupulous person to do exactly what they want. Making something illegal will never stop it, evidence the drug trade. People will do what they want anyway, the best we can do is raise our children to be moral and to stand for something or the world is shot to hell!!!! |
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fly86
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To a point. Some things are just common sense,like murder,stealing,rape etc. Where it get sticking is when you try to legislate based on a particular religious faith. What may be moral for one group may not for another. Some issues are more personal and should be decided by each person or family like teen pregnancies and abortions. |
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leonid
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I think Admiralbob hit the nail on the head with his viewpoint.
Personally speaking, yes, if the government makes it illegal for teenagers to have babies, it will stop them. |
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