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Matrik
Uh, no. All law that has ever been codified has been the product of a civilization. Said civilization forms their laws based on the morals of their group.
This just isn't true. There could very well exist a civilization such that their moral code, as generalized for the population, does not have any issues with murder. I.e., Murder is OK. Most people don't like getting murdered, but that does not mean they have a moral objection towards it. So, this civilization would say "Hey, I don't really mind murder, but I don't want to be murdered so let's impose a law that prevents it."
This exact scenario may not be the case for any civilization, but I think it serves as a fine example as to a situation in which a law would not reflect morality.
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SaintNik
But it is true. Morality IS a set of rules. Morality does not have to be followed, where as rules ALSO do not have to be followed. Breaking the rules of your moral code OR your controlling entity enforced laws results in punishment. Internal feelings of guilt or going to jail for instance.
>Morality does not have to be followed, where as rules ALSO do not have to be followed.
Morality does not have to be followed in the sense that there is no entity with a power to enforce the morals and state "these must be followed." Morality exists within the self, as a sense of right and wrong. There can be a set of morals such that they are generally applicable to a population, but there will not be a set of morals that are applicable to the entire population (unless you define population as 1, but I mean it more in the sense of an entire country's population [where the country is a current and valid country]).
Feeling guilt is not the same as being punished. You may punish yourself, but you don't have to. If a controlling entity has a set of rules that, when broken, entail punishment... then you will be punished when breaking the rules. This does not hold true for morality, as I stated.
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