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2005-07-08
People don't agree on morality, and (sub)cultures neither. Law makers face an increasingly complex task of defining broadly accepted rules for a country. In a perfect world, laws wouldn't be needed, but as it is, they function to protect people, while (ideally) trying to preserve everybody's freedom as much as possible. Ethic standards are the only conceivable guideline for laws. One such moral is preventing harm to other individuals -- or would you say that is an objective standard? I might agree.