[ExI] the law

[William Flynn Wallace]

Return to reading Haidt is a great idea.  Particularly the parts about the
differences between conservatives and liberals that those of us who think
there is no difference should read.   bill w

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 11:54 AM Henry Rivera via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Perhaps the point to make is that morality and the law do not always go
> hand in hand. Laws appear more malleable and change over time. Laws are
> also used to oppress and in those cases have nothing to do with morality.
> Morality is hopefully principle based, for example harm-based morality
> would take the position of do no harm, or to simplify, if harm results,
> it’s immoral. That doesn’t always correlate with something being illegal.
> Haidt wrote a lot about moral reasoning in the 90s.
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> On Aug 26, 2020, at 11:05 AM, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> > *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
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> >…The law is highly important and of course I didn't have to tell you
> that.  But morality calls upon higher laws at times, and what's in the
> legal code is irrelevant…bill w
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> Hi BillW
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> Do let us run with that ball, shall we?
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> What if one is an atheist.  What is the Higher Law then?  Does every
> atheist get to create her own?
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> Suppose a guy is protesting your church and causing believers to fall away
> and apostatize.  Is it a time to break the law in order to destroy that
> guy, calling up Higher Law?  If morality demands it, is it OK to use phony
> evidence in court?  Is the legal code irrelevant?
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> Or suppose your Higher Law clearly says to slay the infidel.  This is
> illegal of course, but right there it is, clearly stated in the Holy Book,
> rocks calling out there is a Jew hiding behind me, slay him.  What if that
> constitutes Higher Law for the fidel?
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> Everybody OK with that?
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> I’m not.
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> spike
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