Maybe I have been listening to too much bad rhetoric lately, or maybe I am just a bit disturbed, but I just had an interesting discussion with a very Christian fellow student and out of that came an idea that, among all the places it doesn't fit, doesn't fit here least. Namely:
WI a western civilisation less detached from Christianity and religion in general decides to enshrine the concepts of Good and Evil in law?
(maybe a less pronouncedly antireligious Enlightenment followed by no French Revolution? I know there were strong sympathies for establishing faith, if not religion, in the US system, and the Brits technically still have vestiges). Would this play well in a jury system? I could see lawyers being required to take a two-semester course in moral theology, frex, or priests called as 'expert witnesses' on motive.
Other than that, what implications could this have? More attention paid to motive in criminal trials? Could Congress or Parliament change the definition with a two-thirds majority? I don't think they would, and I think the exact reading is safer in judicial hands anyway. Eventually, someone would build a polygraph and call it an 'evil detector' of course...
I think a society with a moral compass nailed down would be interesting. Any thoughts on the real-life applications this might have? Or is it just too weird to contemplate?
WI a western civilisation less detached from Christianity and religion in general decides to enshrine the concepts of Good and Evil in law?
(maybe a less pronouncedly antireligious Enlightenment followed by no French Revolution? I know there were strong sympathies for establishing faith, if not religion, in the US system, and the Brits technically still have vestiges). Would this play well in a jury system? I could see lawyers being required to take a two-semester course in moral theology, frex, or priests called as 'expert witnesses' on motive.
Other than that, what implications could this have? More attention paid to motive in criminal trials? Could Congress or Parliament change the definition with a two-thirds majority? I don't think they would, and I think the exact reading is safer in judicial hands anyway. Eventually, someone would build a polygraph and call it an 'evil detector' of course...
I think a society with a moral compass nailed down would be interesting. Any thoughts on the real-life applications this might have? Or is it just too weird to contemplate?