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meg asked in Politics & GovernmentOther - Politics & Government · 7 years ago

How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does?

legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi and Maoist pirges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone. Cannot be the talisman of moral people

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  • Sum
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
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    good point.

  • Kojak
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    You confuse legality with morality.... because something is "immoral" does not make it illegal....because something is legal does not mean it is moral.... Laws are not based on morality and morality is not based on the law....laws are a social construct design to protect society or culture not morality

  • Chewy Ivan 2
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    The law of man has no bearing on the Law of God. The excuses we make in life may not bear relevance in eternity.

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