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Hart V Fuller Debate Hart V Devlin Debate

The document discusses the relationship between law and morality, highlighting the debate between H.L.A. Hart and Patrick Devlin. Hart argues for the separation of law and personal morality, advocating for individual freedom unless harm is caused to others, while Devlin believes laws should enforce societal morality to maintain social cohesion. The text also references case law, such as R v. Dudley and Stephens, to illustrate the complexities of moral dilemmas in legal contexts.

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Hart V Fuller Debate Hart V Devlin Debate

The document discusses the relationship between law and morality, highlighting the debate between H.L.A. Hart and Patrick Devlin. Hart argues for the separation of law and personal morality, advocating for individual freedom unless harm is caused to others, while Devlin believes laws should enforce societal morality to maintain social cohesion. The text also references case law, such as R v. Dudley and Stephens, to illustrate the complexities of moral dilemmas in legal contexts.

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Laws should not enforce personal morality unless harm is caused to others. influence law but should not be directly enforced. People should be free to make personal choices as long as they don't harm others Follows the Harm Principle (John Stuart Mill). Only actions that harm others should be criminalized. Supports decriminalization of homosexuality, arguing that private actions shouldn't be a matter for the law unless they harm others, Patrick Devlin Law should enforce societal morality to maintain social | ‘cohesion and prevent moral breakdown, 1ws should regulate personal behavior if it violates societal | moral standards, even if there's no harm to others. Believes society's moral order | should be preserved by law. A moral society needs laws that protect its values. ‘Opposes decriminalization of homosexuality, arguing that laws | should regulate immoral acts to | preserve societal values. Freedom ys. Control Emphasizes individual freedom and personal autonomy, limiting legal interference in private lives. Believes that laws should regulate | behavior for the good of the community, even if it limits individual freedoms. View on Social Moralit Society's collective moral views should not dictate the law; laws should be neutral and protect and the law should reflect and. enforce them to prevent social individual rights. CASE LAWS ‘ee an intense example of how morality and law can Society's moral views are crucial, | collapse. | In R v. Dudley and Stephens (1884), We f rash Four men were stranded in the middie of the ocean, will no Fock laa can nication, They were in desperate need of survival The eaptnin, Thomas Dudley, came up oth in extreme solution: one of them would have o be killed so that he others could survive cating his flesh. The plan was agreed upon by Duley and Edward Stephens, but Ned Brooks was opposed, and Richard Parker, the fourth crew member, wasn’t even told, In the end, they killed Richard Parker and ate his body to survive.

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