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    CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

    PROJECT REPORTS FIRST SEMESTER 2008

    POLITICAL SCIENCE – 1

    ON THE TOPIC “LAW AND MORALITY”

    GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTIONS BY

    MR! S! P! SINGHFACULTY FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE

    SUBMITTED BYTULIKA SINGH

    ROLL NO! 2"8

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    A#$%&'()*+),)%-

    This is to state that I, (TULIKA SINGH, ROLL-278) complete m! "i#st semeste# p#o$ect %o#&

    o" 'OLITI AL S I N o* the topic “LAW AND MORALITY”. This p#o$ect %o+l ha e *ot

    come to a* e* s+ccess"+ll! %itho+t the help o" ma*! isti* +ishe a* +* isti* +ishe

    pe#so*alities. I si*ce#el! ac&*o%le e the help #e* e#e to me /! o+# 0ac+lt! "o# the 'olitical

    Scie*ce, 1#. S. '. Si* h. He has helpe me a lot %he*e e# I *ee e a*! so#t o" assista*ce a*

    +i a*ce #elate to the topic. I ac&*o%le e the si*ce#e help o" o+# li/#a#! sta""s a* o+# *et

    ce*t#e-i*-cha# e, %ho /! #e* e#i* me help i* locati* app#op#iate #eso+#ces to collect mate#ials.

    It is a oo plat"o#m to #eco *i e the help a* +i a*ce "+#*ishe to me /! ma*! pe#so*s i* this

    #e a# 3 I hea#til! ac&*o%le e thei# help a* s+ppo#t #e* e#e to me. 4itho+t the help o" thea/o e me*tio*e pe#so*alities a* ma*! +*#eco *i e people this p#o$ect %o+l ha e *e e#

    /ee* complete .

    TULIKA SINGH

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    R) ). #3 M)-3&*&(&+4

    The topic 5 L.' .%* M& .(6-4 6 is a e#! ast topic. 1! o/se# atio*s a* co*cl+sio*s a#e /ase

    +po* the seco* a#! mate#ials. The metho olo ! a opte /! me to #a% co*cl+sio* a/o+t the

    topic is /asicall! epe* e +po* *o*- oct#i*al #esea#ch. I too& the help o" a#io+s #esea#ch

    pape#s ha i* "oc+s +po* the st+ ! o" #elatio* /et%ee* la% a* mo#alit!. I also too& the help o"

    te t /oo&s, *o els, ma a i*es, p+/lic opi*io* /+t to a e#! limite scope %hich %as /asicall! a

    "ee /ac& "#om m! "#ie* s a* the most +*e ha+sti e #eso+#ce that is the i*te#*et. The /oo&s I

    #e"e##e to %e#e "#om the li/#a#! o" ha*a&!a Natio*al La% U*i e#sit!.

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    7atural Law 8chool)"

    The term 9natural law9. li!e positivism# has been variously applied by di:erent

    people at di:erent times.

    ,. Ideas which guide legal development and administration.

    /. + basic moral uality in law which prevents a total separation of the 9 is 9 from the

    9ought9.

    1. The method of discovering perfect law.

    3. The content of perfect law deducible by reason.

    4. The conditions sine uibus non for the e%istence of law.

    Analysis

    Law and Morality A Relation! 7atural law school dominated till the

    nineteenth century# beginning from the ancient ree! period. 7atural law school

    discussed what law is etc.# but never discussed law as an empirical formula# and

    never made strict separation between what law is and what law ought to be.

    7atural law thin!ers while tal!ing of law tal! about law made by man's mind

    consciously# as opposed to law made as a result of morality lac!ing conscious

    element. 7atural law thin!ing is one form or other is pervasive and is

    encountered in various conte%ts. ;alues# for instance# as pointed out# play an

    indispensable part in the development and day to day administration of law. In a

    di:erent sphere natural law theory has tried to meet the paramount needs of

    successive ages through history# and an account has been given of the ways in

    which it supported power or freedom from power according to the social need of

    the time.

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    (ositivism on the other hand# by see!ing to insulate legal theory from such

    considerations refuses to give battle where battle is needed perhaps wisely#

    perhaps to its own discredit# depending on the point of view. The 7atural law

    thin!ers have always considered the principles of morality as higher law and

    they loo! at man made law contempt and ridicule. Law and morality have

    always been at loggerheads with each other. The positivists led by -entham and

    +ustin deliberately !eep justice and morality out of the purview of legal system. /

    Their formalistic attitude is concerned with law as it is and not law as it ought to

    be. They emphasi=e law from the point of source and implementation. 8o# the

    natural law system depends upon the standards and yardstic!s of morality to

    formulate any law# whereas the positivist system of law depends upon the

    conscious and deliberate attempt of law ma!ing.

    7ow it is time to go a little further deep in the project. &e are constantly tal!ing

    about law and morality# so let us !now the meaning of these two concepts. Law

    is continuously evolving norm or rather we should say that it is a part of a

    normative system whose wor! is to regulate certain norms in society. It is

    dynamic and is never at any point of time static. Law has to change from time

    to time as according to the ever changing demands of society. Law doesn't e%ist

    for its own state. It has to achieve certain objectives# which may be short term

    or long term. Law aims to create an order in society >in all units of society?. Law

    tries to create a wor!ing environment which is e ually just to all sections of

    society. $n the other hand# there is the vague concept of morality which is a

    sought of norm or a part of normative system. Morals are actually certain

    yardstic! standards in our society which wor! as prescriptions to human

    behavior. The starting of preaching of morals start from the very basic unit of

    our society i.e. family. 1 +s in a *indu family# young people touch the feet of

    elders to wish them. There is no logic behind these morals but still these morals

    do prevail in our society. This is fully ones own private practice in which nowhere

    law has to intervene. + morality can be one which throws a negative impact on2 O+tli*es o" the isto!y of "thics (9=?=), p. 92=> S+mma o*t#a Ge*tiles, III, ch. II.

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    society and the other which can bene t the society. Law or morality both are

    normative systems of our society as both are normative and institutionali=ed by

    nature. The only di:erence between law and morality is that law is coercive by

    nature but morality is not. Law is enforced by coercion and its constant

    application on a society leads to the internali=ation of law in human soul.

    Initially# law gives only an e%ternal behavior or an overt e:ect# but with the pace

    of time the forceful obedience of laws ta!es the shape of an internali=ed

    reali=ation of habitual obedience. >), pp. 9@;, 97= 8:.

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    because humanity as a whole is not governed by reason. If every one thin!s

    reasonably and acts rationally there is no need of binding one's behaviour. -ut

    the e%periences in history do not provide clear evidence of such rational

    behaviour and so the idea of law has developed on the assumption that it is

    necessary to compel the behaviour of individuals in a particular direction to

    achieve certain speci c ends. ustice and conscience seem to be personal and

    individualistic. *ence there can not be system attached within any order 4 .

    Therefore one recogni=es# at any point in the history of any social organi=ation#

    a legal system but one fails to locate such a system of justice or morality.

    Most probably# because justice and conscienceless are e%periences and

    intuitions of the mind. &e can not thin! of an e%ternal system to regulate theactivities of the mind. $n the contrary# human behaviour# in its rudimentary

    nature is physical and super cial. +nd so a legal system can nd a methodology

    of directing it or guiding it or even governing it. therefore a legal system having

    rules and regulations with regard to trade# commerce# nance and employment

    will be greatly successful because the writer thin!s# there are the areas in which

    human behaviour is physicallyA desirable. In these areas an e%ternal force# law is

    such an e%ternal force# a system in more comprehensively physical. Moreover

    the e%ternal element of deciding# adjudication# administration or even policing is

    possible. $n he other hand# the de nition of morality or the concept of morality

    changes from person to person. B May be what is morality for me# that is not

    moral for you.

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    all religious and moral norms say not to !ill or not to steel# and it is the same

    here in law. 8o# we have almost the same content between law and morality.

    Then the uestion arises that# if it is so# then what is the di:erence between law

    and morality@ The answer is that# the legal system is distinct from religion and

    morality in the@

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    shape of law. -ut# after independence in ,F3C we have stopped the legal

    enforcement of such illegitimate morals.

    #ow a $uestion arises that, is law responsible for the enforcement of

    religion and morality @

    (ornography# prostitution# homose%uality etc. are areas of ones own

    consciousness and hence it is an area of conEict which is still continuing. 8o#

    does law has got the right to intervene with religious and moral feelings among

    people@

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    The legal positivists li!e# -entham# +ustin# 5elson have always said that law

    must never be used as an instrument of enforcement of any moral standards.

    Therefore# as one cannot see the mind and conscience# elements of morality

    become wea! and not determinable. -ut law is convenient# the present writer

    asserts again that it is only convenientA it has withstood the test of time. +t any

    particular time# for any situation# law becomes a techni ue to establish a certain

    e%pected social behaviour. Morals may be for enlightenment and would facilitate

    individual peruses. ,1 Therefore it is thought and envisaged by the present writer#

    as compulsions and aspirations inEuence life# a legal system should consist of

    principles of convenience and feasibility whereas morality should be left to

    individual freedom and practice. Legal enforcement of these moralities which

    causes negative impact in the growth of our society must never be determined.

    ecently a pastor informed his congregation that Jhristians can no longer see!

    to impose their moral values on a society which does not accept Jhristianity.

    The second part of the statement# at least# is uite wrong. &hile Jhurch

    membership and attendance has sharply decreased# the oy Morgan 8tudy of

    the ;alues of the +ustralian (eople demonstrates that DHK believe in od.

    8hould Jhristians see! to impose their moral values on law and society. There

    are some who are forcibly and aggressively arguing that Jhristian values must

    be e%pelled from law# society and politics. areth 6vans >now 8enator 6vans? is

    reported in The 8ydney Morning *erald# May Cth# ,FCB# as stating at a

    convention of the 8outh +ustralian Jouncil for Jivil Liberties that children

    wanted a right to se%ual freedom and education and 9protection from the

    inEuence of Jhristianity. ,3

    The same article referred to Mr. ichard 7eville >of $= fame? as stating that9promiscuity is one bene cial way of brea!ing up the family structure# which has

    led children to become the property of their parents. Law cannot be an

    instrument of e%pression of moral standards# rather law has to be independent

    9> The Nat)!e and So)!ces of the La& (2 * e . 9=29), pp. 972-7>.9? Nichomachea* thics, Boo& C, 99>7a.

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    of all sought of moral dogmas e%cept certain areas in which law is dominated by

    morality. e.g. Legal areas li!e the business laws# cyber laws# ta% laws# company

    laws# trade laws# etc are e%clusively a legal treatise and morality has got

    nothing to do with that of law in such areas. ,4 Ta!e the historical e%ample of 8IT+

    whose fundamental and moral instinct has now changed it into (IT+.

    -ut on the other hand we can never deny that a major content of law derives its

    content from that of morality. Li!e that criminal law is a product of moral

    notions.

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    +s a uic! aside) it is unfortunate that the word 9morality9 has become

    associated with conservative values# because the obvious invalidity of those

    values to many people tarnishes their attitude towards morality as a whole. +nd

    that is a damn shame. &hen conservative groups advocate bigotry

    mas uerading as 9family values9# we need to recognise the injustice of this# and

    instead stand up for what is right. -ut I digress " this isn't intended as a post

    about how liberals need to reclaim the moral high ground.

    8o we accept that there is a connection between law and morality# but what sort

    of connection is it. Their domains are clearly not entirely identical " for

    example # it may be wrong to lie to your parents# but it certainly is no business of

    the law.,C

    (erhaps the best way to e%plain this is to ac!nowledge that the law isan e%tremely blunt tool# and so will be of no help when dealing with minor or

    subtle moral issues.

    %ut even if some morality is outside the scope of Law, could Law's

    domain be a subset of the Moral? &hat is, should we only ever outlaw

    immoral acts, and never morally permissible ones?

    I would li!e to say 'yes'# as it does seem li!e a good principle. -ut I can't#because it contradicts my position on some other issues. That is# I thin! morality

    is purely 'other"regarding' in nature# and merely harming yourself >e.g. smo!ing

    in private? is not immoral. $n the other hand# I previously suggested that state

    paternalism could be acceptable.

    To approach this topic from a slightly di:erent angle now# the intriguing

    suggestion that we understand law and morality in terms of belief"desire

    psychological theory. That theory claims that any human action can be

    e%plained solely in terms of the beliefs and desires of the agent.

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    consider how society can inEuence the actions of its members. +ccording to

    belief"desire psychology# there are two broad options) change someone's

    beliefs# or change their desires.

    Morality# by this understanding# corresponds to the latter option. That is#

    morality is a system of socialisation whereby society instills in its members the

    desire certain ways. >I discuss some of the implications of this view in more

    detail here.? ,F

    The other method of inEuence is to alter people's beliefs about how best to ful ll

    their desires. This is where Law comes in. Its role >according to this

    interpretation? is to serve as a deterrent for those who# for whatever reason# fail

    to be bound by morality. It achieves this through the threat of punishment# i.e.

    by instilling in citi=ens the belief that brea!ing the law is not in their own best

    interests " they could get caught and sent to jail# which would surely thwart

    many of their other desires. /H

    8o by this view# law and morality are just two sides of the same coin "

    namely# that of socialisation. Morality see!s to inEuence our behaviour by way

    of our desires# whereas law is the 'bac!"up' option# and targets our beliefs.

    This is true in the Gnited 8tates as well# and not only in how our legally

    mandated school systems and our criminal laws contribute to the shaping#

    including the moral training# of citi=ens. /, et the typical opinions in a

    contemporary liberal democracy are li!ely to be)

    that morality cannot be legislatedA and that even if morality could be legislated#

    it should not be...that to do so is somehow improper# even tyrannical# eitherbecause there is no morality objective enough to justify legal enforcement or

    because one's autonomy and individuality would be violated by attempts to

    9= Reiche*/ach, The Rise of Scientific Philosophy (9=@9), p. 2>9.2: Science and /o--on Sense (9=@9)29 The Lo#ic of Li$e!ty (9=@9)3 Pe!sonal %no&led#e (9=@8).

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    legislate morality or perhaps even because one really has no autonomy that can

    respond to any e%ternal directive.

    8uch concerns are not evident in the 6thics) law is needed both to help

    habituate citi=ens to virtuous actions and to help maintain the salutary habits

    they ac uire. These needs can be recogni=ed even by those who are aware that

    the virtues generally fostered by law are not the highest. The opinions one may

    have about the good# the true# and the beautiful are a secondary concern of

    most laws. 8till# it is well to !eep in mind +ristotle's counsel that one who is 9to

    listen intelligently to lectures about what is noble and just must have been

    brought up in good habits.9 *ere# as in physics#

    much that +ristotle noticed and relied upon is tacitly relied upon by us as well#

    but relied upon hapha=ardly because it is not properly noticed.? //

    It would be useful# therefore# to indicate how pervasive +ristotle understands

    the law to be with respect to morality in a community. &hen we see what law

    can mean# and how it wor!s# we may better appreciate what the law does in the

    service of morality# even in such a liberal democracy as ours. To spea! of the

    inEuence of the law is# we shall see# to spea! of the many ways that the

    community forms the citi=en and guides the human being.

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    but also that the law itself is to a considerable e%tent dependent on morality. /1 +

    properly trained# morally alert citi=en"body tends to be appalled by the

    lawbrea!er. -ut does not this response >which can help !eep many would"be

    lawbrea!ers in line? rest# in turn# upon the presumption that the law is li!ely to

    be# and in fact usually appears to be# itself moral and in the service of the

    common good. There is a critical reciprocity between law and morality.

    eciprocity# we recall from the 6thics# can be vital to justice as a particular

    virtue. The e%ercise of most virtues re uires a stable community# one in which

    one's body and life as well as property are fairly secure...and# of course# the law

    is essential here. To become or to remain a civili=ed human being usually

    re uires a sound community...that is# one in which the law plays a considerable

    part. Is there not an intimate relation# at home and abroad# between justice and

    peace To recogni=e this is not to deny that friendship also seems to hold

    communities together nor that legislators may care more for it than for justice. /3

    6ven so# is not proper habituation needed for reliable friendships# as well as for

    justice. &ho but the legislator# who must always be distinguished from the

    tyrant# can insure such habituation@

    If law is not based on morality# on what it can be based " Jhristian morality#

    derived from the Ten Jommandments# underlies the common law. Jriminal law

    is based on the Ten Jommandments# which also underlie the law of contract and

    the law of civil wrongs. The common law inherited by the -ritish Jolonies on the

    +ustralian continent and by the Jommonwealth established in ,FH,# was

    developed over many centuries by -ritish judges# who reacted to particular

    human situations on the basis of

    Jhristian values. In an essay entitled 9morals and the Jriminal Law. 6/4

    Lord evlin wrote!(

    98ociety means a community of ideasA without shared ideas on politics morals

    2> Boo#sti*, The Lost 4o#l o" Thomas Ee""e#so* (9=?8), pp. ?@ ?7.2? See the Ne% Fo#& Times "o# Dec. 7, 9=;2, pp. 9 a* 9@, a* Dec. 8, 9=;2,p. 9>.2@ 78 Ha# a# La% Re ie% 9289-=; (9=;@).

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    and ethics# no society can e%ist. 6ach one of us has ideas about what is good

    and what is evilA they cannot be !ept private from the society in which we live. If

    men and women try to create a society in which there is no fundamental

    agreement about good and evil they will failA if# having based it on common

    agreement# the agreement goes# the society will disintegrate.

    9

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    I* this case "ee i* him %as t#eatme*t a* that t#eatme*t %o+l *ot c+#e him a* the#e"o#e %as

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    :L.' .%* ,& .(6-4 > '3)-3) *-& ,.4 +6 ) .* 6#) .%* - ).-,)%- &%

    #&%- .#)9-6&% -& +6 ( 5%*) 1 '6-3&5- 9. )%-.( #&% )%-=1#s Gillic& a Roma* atholic mothe# o" "i e a+ hte#s so+ ht a ecla#atio* that a octo# %o+l

    /e acti* +*la%"+ll! i" he a e co*t#acepti e t#eatme*t "o# a*! o" he# a+ hte#s %itho+t the

    mothe# s co*se*t.

    It %as a# +e o* the o*e ha* that tee*a e p#e *a*cies %o+l i*c#ease i" the co+#ts #+le that

    pa#e*tal co*se*t %as *ecessa#!, o* the othe# ha* that the $+ es %o+l /e e*co+#a i* +* e#-

    a e se i" the! i *ot.

    H)(* A octo# co+l p#esc#i/e co*t#acepti es to a i#l +* e# 9; to p#e e*t ama e to he# health,

    e e* tho+ h he &*e% it %o+l assist a ma* to ha e +*la%"+l se +al i*te#co+#se.

    B! a ma$o#it! o" th#ee to t%o. A chil +* e# 9; %ho ca* "+ll! +* e#sta* the implicatio*s o" the

    p#opose t#eatme*t (a Gillic& compete*t chil ) ca* i e he# o%* co*se*t to me ical t#eatme*t.

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    (Si*ce 'a#liame*t ha *ot le islate , the co+#ts ha to ma&e a ecisio* o*e %a! o# the othe#.)

    M ! G6((6#$ (& -

    )onclusion!

    There can never a hard jac!et or a universal formula which could determine that

    should law be used to enforce morality. It can only be concluded that the level of enforcement of moral standards depends upon case to case. In the cases where

    morality shadows a good and bene cial e:ect on the society# there if re uired#

    law could be used to enforce that positive morality.

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    (9) The e iste*ce o" +*$+st la%s (s+ch as those e*"o#ci* sla e#!) p#o es that mo#alit! a* la% a#e

    *ot i e*tical a* o *ot coi*ci e.

    (2) The e iste*ce o" la%s that se# e to e"e* /asic al+es--s+ch as la%s a ai*st m+# e#, #ape,

    malicio+s e"amatio* o" cha#acte#, "#a+ , /#i/e#!, etc. --p#o e that the t%o ca* %o#& to ethe#.

    (>) La%s ca* state %hat o e#t o""e*ses co+*t as %#o* a* the#e"o#e p+*isha/le. Altho+ h la% co+#ts

    o *ot al%a!s i *o#e a pe#so* s i*te*tio* o# state o" mi* , the la% ca**ot *o#mall! o e#*, at least

    *ot i* a i#ect %a!, %hat is i* !o+# hea#t (!o+# esi#es). Beca+se o"te* mo#alit! passes $+ me*t o* a

    pe#so* s i*te*tio*s a* cha#acte#, it has a i""e#e*t scope tha* the la%.

    (?) La%s o e#* co* +ct at least pa#tl! th#o+ h "ea# o" p+*ishme*t. 1o#alit!, %he* it is i*te#*ali e ,

    %he* it has /ecome ha/it-li&e o# seco* *at+#e, o e#*s co* +ct %itho+t comp+lsio*. The i#t+o+s

    pe#so* oes the app#op#iate thi* /eca+se it is the "i*e o# *o/le thi* to o.

    (@) 1o#alit! ca* i*"l+e*ce the la% i* the se*se that it ca* p#o i e the #easo* "o# ma&i* %hole

    #o+ps o" immo#al actio*s ille al.

    B6/(6&+ .934

    S6-)

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    J&5 %.( .%* S-.-5-)

    R) 6)' & -3) M& .(6-4 & L.' (6 -)* 6% -3) %) - 9.+)

    B&&$

    T3) M& .(6-4 & L.' – L&% L! F5(() R) 6 )* E*6-6&%

    T3) R&.* -& S) *&,

    T3) N.-5 ) .%* S&5 #) & L.'

    R) 6)' & -3) M& .(6-4 & L.'

    A* #e%s, 8= Li$!a!y (o)!nal >:92(9=;?)

    Ba#tholome%, @8 A-e!ican Political Science Re'ie& =8?(9=;?)

    Ba+m, 9: St. Lo)is 6ni'e!sity la& (o)!nal ?>@ ?9(9=;9)

    Be a+, The Nation (Ap#il 92, 9=;@), pp. >=8 ?:9

    Be#*s, The National Re'ie& (A+ +st 99, 9=;?), pp. ;=: =9

    Bi*&le!, 9=;@ D)7e La& (o)!nal ;;8 7: (9=;@)

    Blac&shiel , Readin# 8)ide of the 6ni'e!sity of 9i!#inia La& School , (0e/. 9=;@), pp. 99 9;

    Bo!e, Re'en)e isto!i*)e de D!oit 0!ancais et "t!an#e! (E+l! Sept. 9=;@), pp. @:? :@.

    B#a !, ?> Te:as La& Re'ie& 2@8 @= (9=;?)

    amp/ell, 28 Mode!n La& Re'ie& >7: 7>(9=;@)

    Dias, 9=;@ /a-$!id#e La& (o)!nal 9@7 @= (9=;@)

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    Gol i* , 7; "thics 22@ 28 (9=;;)

    Ha#t, 78 a!'a!d La& Re'ie& 9289 =; (9=;@)

    Eoh*so*, >> Tennessee La& Re'ie& @;> ;@ (9=;;)

    1c Do%ell, ?? ;oston 6ni'e!sity La& Re'ie& @87 =: (9=;?)

    S+mme#s, 98 (o)!nal of Le#al "d)cation 9 27 (9=;@)

    T+*c, > Re'ie& Inte!nationale de D!oit /o-pa!e @9= 29 (9=;@)

    4asse#st#om, 9= R)t#e!s La& Re'ie& @89 8;.


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