PHL271H5 Lecture Notes - Egotism

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What is the status of morally unjust laws? status of laws that seem to be immoral or unjust o o ex. permissible for police to detain jews for their ethnicity ex. segregation. Natural law among eternal laws are laws that govern and set standards for the functioning of the natural world generally, including human behaviour. What about immoral or unjust laws? o. Why is the state of nature so bad? no such thing as right or wrong until someone steps up and says so sovereign state (aquinas believes that to be god) everyone is selfish. Hobbes: looks like law and morality do not come apart, since the law determines morality. Aquinas: law and morality do not come apart, but the explanation is reversed: morality determines the law. Hobbes: doesn"t have much room for unjust laws, since the laws themselves determine what is just an unjust law would have to be one that contradicts either itself or other laws o.

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