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Single Idea 6326
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / a. Legal system
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Full Idea
The better known the laws and edicts, the more thieves and robbers there are.
Gist of Idea
The better known the law, the more criminals there are
Source
Laozi (Lao Tzu) (Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) [c.530 BCE], II.LVII.132)
Book Ref
Lao Tzu: 'Tao Te Ching', ed/tr. Lau,D.C. [Penguin 1963], p.118
A Reaction
Nice. I link this with my favourite moral maxim from Democritus (Idea 519). The idea is that continual emphasis on what you should not do fills the mind with evil possibilities. Moral perfection must start by taking goodness for granted.
Related Idea
Idea 519
One must avoid even speaking of evil deeds [Democritus (attr)]
The
17 ideas
with the same theme
[the system used by a government to enforce laws]:
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6326
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The better known the law, the more criminals there are
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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347
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Will I stand up against the law, simply because I have been unjustly judged?
[Socrates]
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2806
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Man is the worst of all animals when divorced from law and justice
[Aristotle]
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2816
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If it is easy to change the laws, that makes them weaker
[Aristotle]
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22556
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Laws that match people's habits are more effective than mere written rules
[Aristotle]
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19881
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The aim of law is not restraint, but to make freedom possible
[Locke]
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19819
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The state ensures liberty, so civil law separates citizens, and binds them to the state
[Rousseau]
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14847
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Laws that are well thought out, or laws that are easy to understand?
[Nietzsche]
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20932
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Positive law needs secondary 'rules of recognition' for their correct application
[Hart,HLA, by Zimmermann,J]
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23523
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The principle of legality requires crimes to be precisely defined in advance of any action
[Hart,HLA]
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23524
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Some private moral issues are no concern of the law
[Hart,HLA]
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23521
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Do morals influence law? Is morality an aspect of law? Can law be morally criticised?
[Hart,HLA]
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23525
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Is the enforcement of morality morally justifiable?
[Hart,HLA]
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23526
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Modern law still suppresses practices seen as immoral, and yet harmless
[Hart,HLA]
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23259
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There should be separate legislative, executive and judicial institutions
[Grayling]
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20612
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If being subject to the law resembles a promise, we are morally obliged to obey it
[Tuckness/Wolf]
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20611
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If others must obey laws that we like, we must obey laws that they like?
[Tuckness/Wolf]
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