willyhoops;199283 Wrote: > > even if we know whats right, most of us can't actually resist if we > can get away with it.
This coincides with somthing you said earlier; that the only reason people don't commit crimes is fear of punishment. That is manifestly false, it goes against all mainstream theories in political science, legal theory, and against the available evidence. It's just not true - most people don't commit crimes because the law tends to coincide with the majority moral code, and most people behave morally most of the time. Look, suppose you had an old lady neighbor with lots of jewelry, and you knew she'd be away on a long trip, and you could get into her house with no danger of being caught. Would you rob her? Maybe you would, but I certainly wouldn't, because I think it's wrong. The fact that the law coincides with that view is not a coincidence, but it's irrelevant in that particular case. The problem comes when you have laws that prohibit behavior that the public doesn't see as clearly immoral. Jaywalking is an example, copying music is another. When those laws are unenforceable, as is the case here, many people will break them and result is damage to the legal structure by trivializing the law. So to stop music copying, you either need to convince most people that it's clearly morally wrong (which will be hard, because it isn't), or make the law enforceable (which will be very hard, as has been emphasized here). -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
