Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Are we ever going to understand our laws?

Growing up we were all taught about different moral values from our parents. It wasn't until we got older that we knew written laws actually existed. The question is did our laws come from moral values that existed in society? Everyone in society has different moral values so it is hard for people to understand our laws. According to dictionary.com the definition of a law is the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people. According to dictionary .com a moral is motivation based on ideas and rights and value is define as beliefs of a person or a social group in which they have an emotional investment. According to positivists there is no connection between morals, values and laws and natural theorists believe that there is a connection between moral values and laws. I personally believe that laws came from moral values because that laws we have today is morals we were taught when we where younger and it has been past down from generation to generation. Society has change but laws haven't really adjusted because morals are something people don't really loose. Our laws are never going to be understood universally because we all have different moral values as a society and we only follow laws because we don't want to get in trouble. The only way our laws would be understood if we take away the moral background of it and adjust it to society ways.

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  1. I don't agree that the only reason that we follow laws are so that we don't get into trouble. I have a strong belief that a great deal of the reason that we abide by laws is in order to continue in a functioning society. We do not want to harm others around us, and we do not want to destroy our society because of actions that we commit. I am not going to rob the national bank, not just in fear of getting caught (which I most certainly would) but also because I know that if I take all that money then I am harming people who have their money invested in that bank. Yes, FDIC insures some of our money, but if I take it all, then in order for the government to keep their promise of insurance to the patrons of the bank, then it will have to take money from somewhere else. This might mean cutting federal funding, or even raising taxes. I don't want my actions to result into a bad situation for all.

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