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- From: rickertj@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu (John Rickert)
- Subject: Re: Religious Right
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:05:40 GMT
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- Tim Irvin apparently argues that people should be allowed to do
- whatever they want, provided they don't hurt others, (or presumably
- do not use fraud). This is precisely the position taken by Andre Marrou,
- and I can get a reference if you like. But you're forgetting something:
- to say that such and such "should" be allowed is to advance a moral
- position. It is just as moralistic as a morality that calls for
- prohibition of an action. Permissions and prohibitions differ in
- content but not in the _kind_ of positions they are. Again, it is
- not a question whether law will reflect morality, but rather what
- morality the law will reflect.
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- John Rickert Die Politik ist
- rickertj@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu keine Wissenschaft.
- -- von Bismarck
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