If you want to ask an honest question then you would be asking whether or not it is moral to break any law. — DingoJones
There is nothing morally wrong with taking an illegal drug unless there is a moral/immoral reason not to take the drug. — DingoJones
It is immoral to break the law. — tim wood
The issue, though, is why should other people be able to legally prohibit you from choosing to take those risks? Why would you want to give other people that sort of dominion over your life? — Terrapin Station
By the way, look up "conflate." — tim wood
If the law is immoral, I have no problem with people breaking it, — Terrapin Station
Each individual. Morality is a matter of individual judgment. — Terrapin Station
There is no objective "right" in the sense of "correct" when it comes to morality, because there are no objective moral judgments. — Terrapin Station
Means that according to you, everyone can do what they like. — tim wood
You're doing that thing where you're figuring that people are going to defer to an "objective view." An "objective view" is a category error for this realm. — Terrapin Station
It seems like there's maybe not a clear idea (in general, based on other posts from other people, too) of the difference between consensual and nonconsensual activities? — Terrapin Station
From our friends online:
"If you confuse A with B, it means you don't know the difference between them, or you think they're the same thing. Conflate, on the other hand, doesn't mean what one might expect. If you conflate A with B, it means you combine them and come up with something that's related to both, but different from either." — tim wood
Your view destroys (in a Kantian sense) law. — tim wood
Then, stop and think about what other egregious errors you might be making. — DingoJones
What I have argued is that there seems a natural evolution of tribe->community->law->morality that further evolves under reason, when communities have the luxury of being reasonable. — tim wood
Isn't that what you're proposing, that differentiating A (immorality) from B (illegality) is a fallacy? — THX1138
...and, immoral because illegal. — tim wood
I have no more "duty" to obey the law than I have a "duty" to use proper grammar. — ZhouBoTong
Today, however, it is nearly impossible to not be a member of a community - never mind whether or not you want to be. That imposes duties. — tim wood
Moral foundations have nothing to do with reason. They're purely individual preferences. — Terrapin Station
How and in what sense would you say it imposes duties? — Terrapin Station
Can you give me an example of what it wouldn't apply to referring to an example that can presently be found here in the US [A not immoral because illegal] ? — THX1138
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