ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - H. L. A. Hart, Naturalistic Fallacy, Divine Law
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Positivism: law is a type of social technology: keep law & morality separate to avoid confusion. Universal and eternally true: the same for all human beings and at all times, an unchanging rule or pattern that it is our (human) task to discover. A means by which human beings can rationally guide themselves to realize their potential. Greek and roman thinkers plato, aristotle, and cicero. Wanted a new system, where people obeyed the law out of respect/recognition that it was morally correct, and our (moral) duty to obey. Answered: one is obligated to obey the law only if the content of the law is itself moral (166) Law is connected to morality, but what is moral: morality is related to the natural order, moral duties can be determined by examining the natural world to find the natural or god-given relationships inherent in nature.
