Epictetus comments on Praising the Constitution - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Epictetus 27 June 2015 05:49:15PM 7 points [-]

The debate over what is right is different from the debate over what is legal. Laws are generally written in an attempt to reflect what we believe is right. If a conflict should later appear, then the appropriate course of action is to change the law. It's a very dangerous precedent for a government to openly flaunt laws on the grounds that it's "right" to do so.