dcbwhaley wrote:
So are you saying that if something - killing people - is morally wrong then it should not be legally wrong if 90% if the population indulge in the activity.
Consensual euthanasia? I believe that is legal in some cultures. You have to be careful with your parallels, DCB (especially with the factors originally associated with them).
dcbwhaley wrote:
For example: would you abolish taxation if 90% of the population failed to pay their due?
Quite possibly. I think a fair system would cease forced contributions if the admin costs to get the payments from everyone was comparable to the income from the other 10%. Alternatively, the contributions can be made voluntary and ring-fenced for the other 10% who paid towards the benefits.
I believe in giving society a properly informed choice. The problem here is misrepresentation, specifically regarding the effects of speed and speed limits.
dcbwhaley wrote:
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There is no safe or considerate way of killing someone, regardless of how they look at you.
There is no considerate way of letting dogs crap on the pavements (unless it is properly scooped).
How does that relate to the proposition that if 90% of the population do it it should not be legislated against.
Like I said: "safe and considerate". In our society, the examples given rather lack these; the fact that practically no one argues against these laws suggests the letters of those laws are pitched about right.
In backwards world where 90% of society deemed these acts as acceptable, and the other 10% considered anti-social or nuts, then there actually isn't an issue anyway.
dcbwhaley wrote:
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There is a completely safe and consider way of exceeding (today's needlessly low) speed limits.
Indeed there is. But that is not relevant to my general proposition that there are moral absolutes which should not be overridden by by mass disobedience.
What is 'absolute'? Can things that are essentially subjective really be absolute?
I personally agree with the principle of speed limits, but not where they are set needlessly low where to exceed them does not result with carnage.
Absolutes are worthless when the bar is subjectively set (and set poorly).