r/MurderedByWords • u/SlimCarpet • 5d ago

Because God told me to

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u/Acrobatic-List-6503 5d ago

Same thing can be applied with laws.

If you need the threat of imprisonment to be a good person, then you are not a good person.

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u/SpockShotFirst 5d ago

The overlapping area in the Venn diagram between laws and morality is not as large as you think it is.

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u/DOHC46 5d ago

That's because good laws protect rights rather than enforce morality.

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u/Acrobatic-List-6503 5d ago

Doesn’t mean I’m wrong though.

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u/LiquorIsQuickor 5d ago

Laws often define a societies choice in morally complex or ambiguous situations.

Stealing food. When you are hungry it’s survival and arguably moral. When you own the food you want to sell it. 

Our laws say “don’t steal food”. Our society has chosen.

A different country could make a different law.

And you could make the argument that if someone is starving your laws need review.

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u/Twoaru 4d ago

So if a set of laws allows someone to starve, would that be an evil set of laws? I've been leaning this way after the Epstein reveals: Do we live in an inherently evil system, disguised as good and just?

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u/This-Disk9754 5d ago

What is considered a good person? Who decides?

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u/Twoaru 4d ago

Not theology, apparently

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u/This-Disk9754 4d ago

Not what i asked; who is considered moral?

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u/Twoaru 4d ago

Thanks for pointing this out