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::::: Please explain the point of the question in your final sentence before I answer it.
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::::: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:07, 9 June 2008 (EDT)
::::: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:07, 9 June 2008 (EDT)
== Morality and Law ==
''Many people argue that the law should not be used to enforce morality. But morality is actually the basis for much of the law. Laws against theft, for example, are based on the idea that taking someone else's property is morally wrong.'' That doesn't have to be the case, however, and really, not verifiable since it goes to the intentions of the creators of the law. Some people believe that laws should protect ''rights'', not ''morals''. An anti-theft law would be written because stealing deprives another person to their ''right'' to property. And so on. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 19:48, 21 October 2008 (EDT)