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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Huh? Morality and the law are not the same thing.
Laws are passed and repealed constantly. Morality remains constant.
There are no loopholes in morality although many people pretend to find them.
I sometimes do things that are not morally correct although I try not to justify them or complain when karma comes back and bites me on the ass.
Helen
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A very straight-forward answer that makes a lot of sense. One of the tenets of ethics is that there is not necessarily any relationship between what is legal and what is right (or wrong). Some philosophical theories of morality will argue that all laws are immoral because they limit one's freedom.
Before everyone jumps all over me, I'm only the messenger
