Two types of law. Martin Luther King Jr
32 sats \ 4 comments \ @lightwalker 18 Sep 2023 meta
“The answer is found in the fact that there are two types of laws: There are just laws and there are unjust laws. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
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140 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023
The truth is that it only exist one single law: The Natural Law. All the rest are just codes, papers, local rules etc.
Read more: https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/natural-law-and-bitcoin
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @CruncherDefi 18 Sep 2023
They listed 4 bullet points on natural laws:
  • do not do harm to other wo/man
  • do not steal from other wo/man
  • do not kill another wo/man
  • stay in honor
How do we define honor? It's something subjective. First 3 points are objectively defined.
I really don't like such a fluent rule. High degree of interpretation can lead to corruption/dysfunction. What if it is not considered 'honorable' to do business with 'INSERT_GROUP_YOU_BELONG_TO' in your culture?
To have more specific example - in some cultures women are dishonored by showing their hairs. Should be consider this natural law?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023
stay in honor is in your relations with other peers. Example: we have a contract or agreement. Respect it with honor.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wumbo 18 Sep 2023
But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
Lysander Spooner
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