This is a great Debate between Discrete and purpledawn
This thread is an outgrowth of two threads (possibly more) Morality and Subjectivity threads that RobinRohan proposed and the Atheism, Regimes and Belief Systems thread by Supernintendo Chalmers.
Background: One of the difficulties I found in reading the pair of threads is that there was a lack of common ground in three important concepts of Law, Morality, and Justice. I specifically feel that as the threads progressed the discussion turned to morale quandaries that people would not traditionally encounter such as giving killers information that you didn’t know were killers at the time, which were posts that did nothing to further the thread discussion.
Immediate Goal: My goal is to try and generate a discussion about Law and what it is. Furthermore I would like to try and examine the impact law has on people in a society, by discussing the various functions Law serves in society as well as how it affects individuals and groups. Here are some initial questions we can discuss, but the discussion is not limited to these:
What is law?
-is it a series of rules made by the government to safeguard individuals from society, to safeguard society from individuals, a combination of both, a convoluted way to secure ruling class power, a method to safeguard poor people, a way to prevent radical changes from occurring at once or something completely different?
How does law affect individuals and societies as a whole?
-is law present to promote general societal welfare in things like public education or is it to promote individuals over the whole? Or is there a different interpretation available?
How is law made?
Who makes law?
(In these series of questions if, we go toward them, a description of positive, neutral and negative should be brought forth by the poster, and i don't particularly mind what postive, neutral and negative are so long as it is justified and clarified if needed)
What are some positive impacts of law?
What are some neutral impacts of law?
What are some negative impacts of law?
Long-term Goal: The overall intent of this particular thread is to establish a foundation for a discussion of morality, then justice and ultimately try and discuss the idea and function of an absolute morality.
Notes: I request that this thread be placed in the Showcase forum. As well as a side thread opened for commentary (in social issues and creation/evolution) for the reason to provide a place for others that are interested in the topic to post.
For Interested Parties:If other parties express interest in contributing I’d recommend putting up your question in the side thread as well as your overall goal for the question since a goal can provide an idea of how to approach the question.
Edited by AdminJar, : No reason given.
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