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>...are just part of the natural order of the universe? That they appeared out of nowhere, align perfectly with morality...

Do you think morality is part of the natural order of the universe? It’s definitely not.




It isn't part of the natural universe, but neither is bankruptcy law, so why care overly about it when thinking whether or not to change things?

What is economically viable does depend a bit on physical law, but it also depends a great deal by the legal ecology we humans decide upon collectively.


I'm not going to take a side here, but there would be quite a few philosophers, legal professionals and political scientists who would argue that.

Wikipedia would be a good starting point - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law




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