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Originally Posted by Prof
No, but they are laws, good or bad.
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We are clearly starting in opposite directions. You are going from a law should be followed
a priori. I'm going from the side where a law has to constantly justify its existence.
In moral principles, as a rule, freedom is good and certainly the default state. Every law constitutes a restriction of that freedom, so there had better be a very good ethical reason proportionate (or better) to its restriction for it to exist (generally for the utilitarian good of a working society). The moment the reason disappears, or we find it it never existed, dump it. If it still exists, it deserves to be ignored.
Now justify your position, please.