Morality and the Law

 

Anything Goes

In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
But now, God knows
Anything goes

But don’t confuse morality with legality!

Immoral and Amoral are two words that sound similar but have different meanings. Immoral is an adjective that describes “something against pre-established morals, ethics, or standard societal practices.” Amoral, on the other hand, is an adjective that describes “something or someone completely lacking morals.”

https://www.easybib.com/guides/grammar-guides/vocabulary/confusing-words/immoral-vs-amoral

Justice is blind.  The legal system is supposed to represent ALL moralities.  That does not mean that it is immoral because it does NOT represent only the majority morality.  But it also does not mean that it has no morals at all.  This suggests that perhaps another word needs to be used. The legal system is omni-moral!

You can’t legislate morality.  Society should enact laws to protect itself, and its members, but unless its members, or itself, are harmed it has no business imposing its morality on another.  To impose the morality of the majority, whether it is prohibition of alcohol, religion, gender preference, sexual orientation, etc. should not be the subject of laws unless society or its members are actually harmed, not merely offended.  A moral majority might indeed be moral and a majority.  But that does NOT mean that its morals should be the law.