Foundation for law

[bearly]

i know, chez et al have warned me of the futility of my habits of mind, but, i must try. could you tighten this up a lot? describe the nature of the people and the nature of the island, in some detail. you don't even say that they have a written language, a sense of guilt or shame as we know it. are they all what we would call 'sociopaths'? oh boy..............b

Should who they are change their legal system? Why?

[tylerdurden]

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How would you decide what is and isn't legal, or what should and shouldn't be legal.

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Don't kill.
Don't steal.

That's all you need.

A rapist heaven.

Avoid legalism at all costs. Law should come only after people show they cannot act virtuously by their own admission.

[tylerdurden]

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A rapist heaven.

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How so? Is not rape the "theft" of someone else's autonomy?

[TomCollins]

Define hurt others.

If you are a buggy whip manufacturer, and I invent the car, I hurt you pretty badly. Should there be a law against this sort of thing?

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Define hurt others.

If you are a buggy whip manufacturer, and I invent the car, I hurt you pretty badly. Should there be a law against this sort of thing?

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Excellent point. (And no :P)

You're missing the essence of law, which is the answer to the question: why punish those who hurt others?

[bearly]

oh good grief....do you need to be spoon fed?.............b