What do you think of the phrase "Legislating Morality"?

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Is all legislation simply a form of morality? Should the personal moral code of the majority determine law?

Or should government focus on civil aspects of the union like security, safety, and prosperity and leave the moral judgments to individuals?

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The role of Government is Civil not Moral

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Governments job should be to ensure safety, liberty, and prosperity. Anything outside that should be left to individual moral cho... [show more]

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All legislation is morality, and majority rules.

Morality is simply rules for right and wrong conduct. Since all rules are legislation in one way or another, it should be up the ... [show more]

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This topic was started by Friar_Zero Friar_Zero has 6,312 Grupie Points on February 17th, 2008. 13 grupies have voted on one or more of the 3 answers.

Tags: ethics, law, morality, politics, rights

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