Moral legalism
As moral legalism is called a morality which on laws and other legal norms based. Instead of building laws on the basis of moral and universal ethical principles, moral legalism derives morality from legality or equates it with it.
From a moral legalism also is law appeal ( Latin argumentum ad iuris , English appeal to the law ) in the rhetoric derived, which is a special case of the authority argument ( latin argument from authority is).
Examples
- Protest against the political regime was banned. So the protest is immoral.
- Cheating on the spouse with an affair is permitted by law. So it's morally fine.
- The gambling is forbidden, but sports betting is legal. So gambling is only moral if the state makes money from it.
- Pyramid games are prohibited, but multilevel marketing is allowed. So pyramid schemes are amoral and MLM is desirable.
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- ↑ Moral Legalism. In: Rhetorical Quartet. Retrieved May 23, 2017 .
- ^ Appeal to the Law. In: Logically Fallacious. Retrieved May 23, 2017 (English).