Laws Without Ethical Content
A law without ethical content is one that does not proscribe or mandate an act because of the act's moral or ethical value, but for some other reason. These laws should be understood to include not only statutory law, but also case law and common law.
In general, a law may be said to have no ethical content if it represents a choice between two or more ethically equivalent options.
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