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Originally Posted by u-Bob
Making laws = forcing certain rules onto people.
Taking your own morality into account when making laws = forcing your own morality onto others = a recipe for oppression  |
Yes if you take into account a morality that only small group of people share, then you're asking for trouble. But what i was talking about is the kind of moral principles that Majority of people share. Many laws are influenced by this kind of common morality(ethics), like it's just "wrong" to kill, steal, etc.
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So people don't know what is best for them, but those few people who make up the government and make the laws, they do know what is best? Yes, people make mistakes, but giving a few of them the power to rule over others by making them 'government officials' doesn't turn those few into all knowing superhumans that know what is best.
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Political systems aren't perfect, but democracy has worked quite well compared to other options today, or do you think full communism would work better. Well it seems that people will never have the same opinion about everything and you are forced to make compromises when doing laws, some people will always be left feeling unhappy about something.