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Morality and the Law. Unit 1. Morality. Morality refers to people’s values, what they view as right or wrong . Generally laws reflect the values that the majority of society share and hold. However, sometimes laws and morals may clash and be controversial. Examples include: Abortion
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Morality and the Law Unit 1
Morality • Morality refers to people’s values, what they view as right or wrong. • Generally laws reflect the values that the majority of society share and hold. • However, sometimes laws and morals may clash and be controversial.
Examples include: Abortion Death Penalty Euthanasia Same Sex Marriages Legalization of Marijuana Pornography Physical Disciplining Children Censorship Animals Rights Cloning Sunday Hunting/Fishing Gun Control Others…? Laws and morals that clash!
Conflicting laws & morals What if laws conflict with ones morals? • In Canada, if you do not share these moral values, you must still abide by the law • BUT you do have the freedom to speak out against it • AND try to influence the changing of the law. • In Canada, laws do change!