Is Legal The Same As Moral And Just? | What Good Law Should Look Like?

The legal system advertises itself as having the primary goal to protect and represent the people’s rights. However, commentators have argued over time that the law is not always right from a legal standpoint. Is the law right in throwing someone in prison for murdering someone because they raped their child? Is it fair to take away a woman’s right to abortion because the law is attempting to protect the “unborn baby”?

The video below covers whether law is actually just and moral and how it interacts with the wider community.

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