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CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY
PROJECT REPORTS FIRST SEMESTER 2008
POLITICAL SCIENCE – 1
ON THE TOPIC “LAW AND MORALITY”
GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTIONS BY
MR! S! P! SINGHFACULTY FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE
SUBMITTED BYTULIKA SINGH
ROLL NO! 2"8
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This is to state that I, (TULIKA SINGH, ROLL-278) complete m! "i#st semeste# p#o$ect %o#&
o" 'OLITI AL S I N o* the topic “LAW AND MORALITY”. This p#o$ect %o+l ha e *ot
come to a* e* s+ccess"+ll! %itho+t the help o" ma*! isti* +ishe a* +* isti* +ishe
pe#so*alities. I si*ce#el! ac&*o%le e the help #e* e#e to me /! o+# 0ac+lt! "o# the 'olitical
Scie*ce, 1#. S. '. Si* h. He has helpe me a lot %he*e e# I *ee e a*! so#t o" assista*ce a*
+i a*ce #elate to the topic. I ac&*o%le e the si*ce#e help o" o+# li/#a#! sta""s a* o+# *et
ce*t#e-i*-cha# e, %ho /! #e* e#i* me help i* locati* app#op#iate #eso+#ces to collect mate#ials.
It is a oo plat"o#m to #eco *i e the help a* +i a*ce "+#*ishe to me /! ma*! pe#so*s i* this
#e a# 3 I hea#til! ac&*o%le e thei# help a* s+ppo#t #e* e#e to me. 4itho+t the help o" thea/o e me*tio*e pe#so*alities a* ma*! +*#eco *i e people this p#o$ect %o+l ha e *e e#
/ee* complete .
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The topic 5 L.' .%* M& .(6-4 6 is a e#! ast topic. 1! o/se# atio*s a* co*cl+sio*s a#e /ase
+po* the seco* a#! mate#ials. The metho olo ! a opte /! me to #a% co*cl+sio* a/o+t the
topic is /asicall! epe* e +po* *o*- oct#i*al #esea#ch. I too& the help o" a#io+s #esea#ch
pape#s ha i* "oc+s +po* the st+ ! o" #elatio* /et%ee* la% a* mo#alit!. I also too& the help o"
te t /oo&s, *o els, ma a i*es, p+/lic opi*io* /+t to a e#! limite scope %hich %as /asicall! a
"ee /ac& "#om m! "#ie* s a* the most +*e ha+sti e #eso+#ce that is the i*te#*et. The /oo&s I
#e"e##e to %e#e "#om the li/#a#! o" ha*a&!a Natio*al La% U*i e#sit!.
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7atural Law 8chool)"
The term 9natural law9. li!e positivism# has been variously applied by di:erent
people at di:erent times.
,. Ideas which guide legal development and administration.
/. + basic moral uality in law which prevents a total separation of the 9 is 9 from the
9ought9.
1. The method of discovering perfect law.
3. The content of perfect law deducible by reason.
4. The conditions sine uibus non for the e%istence of law.
Analysis
Law and Morality A Relation! 7atural law school dominated till the
nineteenth century# beginning from the ancient ree! period. 7atural law school
discussed what law is etc.# but never discussed law as an empirical formula# and
never made strict separation between what law is and what law ought to be.
7atural law thin!ers while tal!ing of law tal! about law made by man's mind
consciously# as opposed to law made as a result of morality lac!ing conscious
element. 7atural law thin!ing is one form or other is pervasive and is
encountered in various conte%ts. ;alues# for instance# as pointed out# play an
indispensable part in the development and day to day administration of law. In a
di:erent sphere natural law theory has tried to meet the paramount needs of
successive ages through history# and an account has been given of the ways in
which it supported power or freedom from power according to the social need of
the time.
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(ositivism on the other hand# by see!ing to insulate legal theory from such
considerations refuses to give battle where battle is needed perhaps wisely#
perhaps to its own discredit# depending on the point of view. The 7atural law
thin!ers have always considered the principles of morality as higher law and
they loo! at man made law contempt and ridicule. Law and morality have
always been at loggerheads with each other. The positivists led by -entham and
+ustin deliberately !eep justice and morality out of the purview of legal system. /
Their formalistic attitude is concerned with law as it is and not law as it ought to
be. They emphasi=e law from the point of source and implementation. 8o# the
natural law system depends upon the standards and yardstic!s of morality to
formulate any law# whereas the positivist system of law depends upon the
conscious and deliberate attempt of law ma!ing.
7ow it is time to go a little further deep in the project. &e are constantly tal!ing
about law and morality# so let us !now the meaning of these two concepts. Law
is continuously evolving norm or rather we should say that it is a part of a
normative system whose wor! is to regulate certain norms in society. It is
dynamic and is never at any point of time static. Law has to change from time
to time as according to the ever changing demands of society. Law doesn't e%ist
for its own state. It has to achieve certain objectives# which may be short term
or long term. Law aims to create an order in society >in all units of society?. Law
tries to create a wor!ing environment which is e ually just to all sections of
society. $n the other hand# there is the vague concept of morality which is a
sought of norm or a part of normative system. Morals are actually certain
yardstic! standards in our society which wor! as prescriptions to human
behavior. The starting of preaching of morals start from the very basic unit of
our society i.e. family. 1 +s in a *indu family# young people touch the feet of
elders to wish them. There is no logic behind these morals but still these morals
do prevail in our society. This is fully ones own private practice in which nowhere
law has to intervene. + morality can be one which throws a negative impact on2 O+tli*es o" the isto!y of "thics (9=?=), p. 92=> S+mma o*t#a Ge*tiles, III, ch. II.
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society and the other which can bene t the society. Law or morality both are
normative systems of our society as both are normative and institutionali=ed by
nature. The only di:erence between law and morality is that law is coercive by
nature but morality is not. Law is enforced by coercion and its constant
application on a society leads to the internali=ation of law in human soul.
Initially# law gives only an e%ternal behavior or an overt e:ect# but with the pace
of time the forceful obedience of laws ta!es the shape of an internali=ed
reali=ation of habitual obedience. >), pp. 9@;, 97= 8:.
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because humanity as a whole is not governed by reason. If every one thin!s
reasonably and acts rationally there is no need of binding one's behaviour. -ut
the e%periences in history do not provide clear evidence of such rational
behaviour and so the idea of law has developed on the assumption that it is
necessary to compel the behaviour of individuals in a particular direction to
achieve certain speci c ends. ustice and conscience seem to be personal and
individualistic. *ence there can not be system attached within any order 4 .
Therefore one recogni=es# at any point in the history of any social organi=ation#
a legal system but one fails to locate such a system of justice or morality.
Most probably# because justice and conscienceless are e%periences and
intuitions of the mind. &e can not thin! of an e%ternal system to regulate theactivities of the mind. $n the contrary# human behaviour# in its rudimentary
nature is physical and super cial. +nd so a legal system can nd a methodology
of directing it or guiding it or even governing it. therefore a legal system having
rules and regulations with regard to trade# commerce# nance and employment
will be greatly successful because the writer thin!s# there are the areas in which
human behaviour is physicallyA desirable. In these areas an e%ternal force# law is
such an e%ternal force# a system in more comprehensively physical. Moreover
the e%ternal element of deciding# adjudication# administration or even policing is
possible. $n he other hand# the de nition of morality or the concept of morality
changes from person to person. B May be what is morality for me# that is not
moral for you.
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all religious and moral norms say not to !ill or not to steel# and it is the same
here in law. 8o# we have almost the same content between law and morality.
Then the uestion arises that# if it is so# then what is the di:erence between law
and morality@ The answer is that# the legal system is distinct from religion and
morality in the@
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shape of law. -ut# after independence in ,F3C we have stopped the legal
enforcement of such illegitimate morals.
#ow a $uestion arises that, is law responsible for the enforcement of
religion and morality @
(ornography# prostitution# homose%uality etc. are areas of ones own
consciousness and hence it is an area of conEict which is still continuing. 8o#
does law has got the right to intervene with religious and moral feelings among
people@
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The legal positivists li!e# -entham# +ustin# 5elson have always said that law
must never be used as an instrument of enforcement of any moral standards.
Therefore# as one cannot see the mind and conscience# elements of morality
become wea! and not determinable. -ut law is convenient# the present writer
asserts again that it is only convenientA it has withstood the test of time. +t any
particular time# for any situation# law becomes a techni ue to establish a certain
e%pected social behaviour. Morals may be for enlightenment and would facilitate
individual peruses. ,1 Therefore it is thought and envisaged by the present writer#
as compulsions and aspirations inEuence life# a legal system should consist of
principles of convenience and feasibility whereas morality should be left to
individual freedom and practice. Legal enforcement of these moralities which
causes negative impact in the growth of our society must never be determined.
ecently a pastor informed his congregation that Jhristians can no longer see!
to impose their moral values on a society which does not accept Jhristianity.
The second part of the statement# at least# is uite wrong. &hile Jhurch
membership and attendance has sharply decreased# the oy Morgan 8tudy of
the ;alues of the +ustralian (eople demonstrates that DHK believe in od.
8hould Jhristians see! to impose their moral values on law and society. There
are some who are forcibly and aggressively arguing that Jhristian values must
be e%pelled from law# society and politics. areth 6vans >now 8enator 6vans? is
reported in The 8ydney Morning *erald# May Cth# ,FCB# as stating at a
convention of the 8outh +ustralian Jouncil for Jivil Liberties that children
wanted a right to se%ual freedom and education and 9protection from the
inEuence of Jhristianity. ,3
The same article referred to Mr. ichard 7eville >of $= fame? as stating that9promiscuity is one bene cial way of brea!ing up the family structure# which has
led children to become the property of their parents. Law cannot be an
instrument of e%pression of moral standards# rather law has to be independent
9> The Nat)!e and So)!ces of the La& (2 * e . 9=29), pp. 972-7>.9? Nichomachea* thics, Boo& C, 99>7a.
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of all sought of moral dogmas e%cept certain areas in which law is dominated by
morality. e.g. Legal areas li!e the business laws# cyber laws# ta% laws# company
laws# trade laws# etc are e%clusively a legal treatise and morality has got
nothing to do with that of law in such areas. ,4 Ta!e the historical e%ample of 8IT+
whose fundamental and moral instinct has now changed it into (IT+.
-ut on the other hand we can never deny that a major content of law derives its
content from that of morality. Li!e that criminal law is a product of moral
notions.
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+s a uic! aside) it is unfortunate that the word 9morality9 has become
associated with conservative values# because the obvious invalidity of those
values to many people tarnishes their attitude towards morality as a whole. +nd
that is a damn shame. &hen conservative groups advocate bigotry
mas uerading as 9family values9# we need to recognise the injustice of this# and
instead stand up for what is right. -ut I digress " this isn't intended as a post
about how liberals need to reclaim the moral high ground.
8o we accept that there is a connection between law and morality# but what sort
of connection is it. Their domains are clearly not entirely identical " for
example # it may be wrong to lie to your parents# but it certainly is no business of
the law.,C
(erhaps the best way to e%plain this is to ac!nowledge that the law isan e%tremely blunt tool# and so will be of no help when dealing with minor or
subtle moral issues.
%ut even if some morality is outside the scope of Law, could Law's
domain be a subset of the Moral? &hat is, should we only ever outlaw
immoral acts, and never morally permissible ones?
I would li!e to say 'yes'# as it does seem li!e a good principle. -ut I can't#because it contradicts my position on some other issues. That is# I thin! morality
is purely 'other"regarding' in nature# and merely harming yourself >e.g. smo!ing
in private? is not immoral. $n the other hand# I previously suggested that state
paternalism could be acceptable.
To approach this topic from a slightly di:erent angle now# the intriguing
suggestion that we understand law and morality in terms of belief"desire
psychological theory. That theory claims that any human action can be
e%plained solely in terms of the beliefs and desires of the agent.
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consider how society can inEuence the actions of its members. +ccording to
belief"desire psychology# there are two broad options) change someone's
beliefs# or change their desires.
Morality# by this understanding# corresponds to the latter option. That is#
morality is a system of socialisation whereby society instills in its members the
desire certain ways. >I discuss some of the implications of this view in more
detail here.? ,F
The other method of inEuence is to alter people's beliefs about how best to ful ll
their desires. This is where Law comes in. Its role >according to this
interpretation? is to serve as a deterrent for those who# for whatever reason# fail
to be bound by morality. It achieves this through the threat of punishment# i.e.
by instilling in citi=ens the belief that brea!ing the law is not in their own best
interests " they could get caught and sent to jail# which would surely thwart
many of their other desires. /H
8o by this view# law and morality are just two sides of the same coin "
namely# that of socialisation. Morality see!s to inEuence our behaviour by way
of our desires# whereas law is the 'bac!"up' option# and targets our beliefs.
This is true in the Gnited 8tates as well# and not only in how our legally
mandated school systems and our criminal laws contribute to the shaping#
including the moral training# of citi=ens. /, et the typical opinions in a
contemporary liberal democracy are li!ely to be)
that morality cannot be legislatedA and that even if morality could be legislated#
it should not be...that to do so is somehow improper# even tyrannical# eitherbecause there is no morality objective enough to justify legal enforcement or
because one's autonomy and individuality would be violated by attempts to
9= Reiche*/ach, The Rise of Scientific Philosophy (9=@9), p. 2>9.2: Science and /o--on Sense (9=@9)29 The Lo#ic of Li$e!ty (9=@9)3 Pe!sonal %no&led#e (9=@8).
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legislate morality or perhaps even because one really has no autonomy that can
respond to any e%ternal directive.
8uch concerns are not evident in the 6thics) law is needed both to help
habituate citi=ens to virtuous actions and to help maintain the salutary habits
they ac uire. These needs can be recogni=ed even by those who are aware that
the virtues generally fostered by law are not the highest. The opinions one may
have about the good# the true# and the beautiful are a secondary concern of
most laws. 8till# it is well to !eep in mind +ristotle's counsel that one who is 9to
listen intelligently to lectures about what is noble and just must have been
brought up in good habits.9 *ere# as in physics#
much that +ristotle noticed and relied upon is tacitly relied upon by us as well#
but relied upon hapha=ardly because it is not properly noticed.? //
It would be useful# therefore# to indicate how pervasive +ristotle understands
the law to be with respect to morality in a community. &hen we see what law
can mean# and how it wor!s# we may better appreciate what the law does in the
service of morality# even in such a liberal democracy as ours. To spea! of the
inEuence of the law is# we shall see# to spea! of the many ways that the
community forms the citi=en and guides the human being.
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but also that the law itself is to a considerable e%tent dependent on morality. /1 +
properly trained# morally alert citi=en"body tends to be appalled by the
lawbrea!er. -ut does not this response >which can help !eep many would"be
lawbrea!ers in line? rest# in turn# upon the presumption that the law is li!ely to
be# and in fact usually appears to be# itself moral and in the service of the
common good. There is a critical reciprocity between law and morality.
eciprocity# we recall from the 6thics# can be vital to justice as a particular
virtue. The e%ercise of most virtues re uires a stable community# one in which
one's body and life as well as property are fairly secure...and# of course# the law
is essential here. To become or to remain a civili=ed human being usually
re uires a sound community...that is# one in which the law plays a considerable
part. Is there not an intimate relation# at home and abroad# between justice and
peace To recogni=e this is not to deny that friendship also seems to hold
communities together nor that legislators may care more for it than for justice. /3
6ven so# is not proper habituation needed for reliable friendships# as well as for
justice. &ho but the legislator# who must always be distinguished from the
tyrant# can insure such habituation@
If law is not based on morality# on what it can be based " Jhristian morality#
derived from the Ten Jommandments# underlies the common law. Jriminal law
is based on the Ten Jommandments# which also underlie the law of contract and
the law of civil wrongs. The common law inherited by the -ritish Jolonies on the
+ustralian continent and by the Jommonwealth established in ,FH,# was
developed over many centuries by -ritish judges# who reacted to particular
human situations on the basis of
Jhristian values. In an essay entitled 9morals and the Jriminal Law. 6/4
Lord evlin wrote!(
98ociety means a community of ideasA without shared ideas on politics morals
2> Boo#sti*, The Lost 4o#l o" Thomas Ee""e#so* (9=?8), pp. ?@ ?7.2? See the Ne% Fo#& Times "o# Dec. 7, 9=;2, pp. 9 a* 9@, a* Dec. 8, 9=;2,p. 9>.2@ 78 Ha# a# La% Re ie% 9289-=; (9=;@).
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and ethics# no society can e%ist. 6ach one of us has ideas about what is good
and what is evilA they cannot be !ept private from the society in which we live. If
men and women try to create a society in which there is no fundamental
agreement about good and evil they will failA if# having based it on common
agreement# the agreement goes# the society will disintegrate.
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I* this case "ee i* him %as t#eatme*t a* that t#eatme*t %o+l *ot c+#e him a* the#e"o#e %as
*ot i* his /est i*te#ests.
It %as la%"+l "o# D s octo#s to stop "ee i* him a#ti"iciall!.
See also 0!enchay ealthca!e National ealth Se!'ice T!)st ' S 123345 . Simila# iss+es ca* a#ise
i* #espect o" the e#! el e#l! o# i* #espect o" /a/ies /o#* %ith e#! se e#e me*tal o# ph!sical
ha* icaps, especiall! %he#e ma$o# (a* possi/l! #epeate ) s+# e#! %o+l /e *ee e to &eep them
ali e see Re E 9==9J.
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Central London Property v High Trees House :1;@ = KBD D)%%6%+ J
:L.' .%* ,& .(6-4 > -3) #&5 - )% & #) . 9 &,6 )=D lease a /loc& o" "lats i* Lo* o* "#om i* 9=>7. 4he* %a# /#o&e o+t, ma*! "lats %e#e le"t
empt! as people %e#e e ac+ate to escape /om/i* s. a #ee to #e +ce the #e*t /! hal" i" D
sta!e . D pai the #e +ce #e*t +*til the e* o" the %a#, a* the* claime "o# the a##ea#s .
H)(* De**i* E isco e#e the e +ita/le oct#i*e o" p#omisso#! estoppel, a* sai that
altho+ h %e#e o*ce a ai* e*title to the #e*t o#i i*all! a #ee a"te# the %a# e* e , the! co+l
*ot o /ac& o* thei# p#omise to accept a #e +ce #e*t "o# the ea#lie# !ea#s.
4he* a pa#t! to a co*t#act ma&es a p#omise to the othe#, %hich he &*o%s %ill /e acte o*, that
he %ill *ot e*"o#ce his st#ict le al #i hts3 the e +ita/le p#i*ciple o" p#omisso#! estoppel ma&es
that p#omise /i* i* o* him +*til s+ch time as he i es #easo*a/le *otice o" his i*te*tio* to
#es+me those #i hts.
De**i* E ( o$ite! dicta ) sai that ha e*t#al Lo* o* s+e "o# the a##ea#s "o# the !ea#s 9=?:-?@,
it %o+l ha e "aile . It %o+l ha e /ee* estoppe "#om oi* /ac& o* its p#omise as set o+t i*
the 9=?: a #eeme*tJ to accept a #e +ctio* i* #e*tal, e e* tho+ h that p#omise ha *ot /ee*
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mothe# s co*se*t.
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pa#e*tal co*se*t %as *ecessa#!, o* the othe# ha* that the $+ es %o+l /e e*co+#a i* +* e#-
a e se i" the! i *ot.
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e e* tho+ h he &*e% it %o+l assist a ma* to ha e +*la%"+l se +al i*te#co+#se.
B! a ma$o#it! o" th#ee to t%o. A chil +* e# 9; %ho ca* "+ll! +* e#sta* the implicatio*s o" the
p#opose t#eatme*t (a Gillic& compete*t chil ) ca* i e he# o%* co*se*t to me ical t#eatme*t.
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(Si*ce 'a#liame*t ha *ot le islate , the co+#ts ha to ma&e a ecisio* o*e %a! o# the othe#.)
M ! G6((6#$ (& -
)onclusion!
There can never a hard jac!et or a universal formula which could determine that
should law be used to enforce morality. It can only be concluded that the level of enforcement of moral standards depends upon case to case. In the cases where
morality shadows a good and bene cial e:ect on the society# there if re uired#
law could be used to enforce that positive morality.
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(9) The e iste*ce o" +*$+st la%s (s+ch as those e*"o#ci* sla e#!) p#o es that mo#alit! a* la% a#e
*ot i e*tical a* o *ot coi*ci e.
(2) The e iste*ce o" la%s that se# e to e"e* /asic al+es--s+ch as la%s a ai*st m+# e#, #ape,
malicio+s e"amatio* o" cha#acte#, "#a+ , /#i/e#!, etc. --p#o e that the t%o ca* %o#& to ethe#.
(>) La%s ca* state %hat o e#t o""e*ses co+*t as %#o* a* the#e"o#e p+*isha/le. Altho+ h la% co+#ts
o *ot al%a!s i *o#e a pe#so* s i*te*tio* o# state o" mi* , the la% ca**ot *o#mall! o e#*, at least
*ot i* a i#ect %a!, %hat is i* !o+# hea#t (!o+# esi#es). Beca+se o"te* mo#alit! passes $+ me*t o* a
pe#so* s i*te*tio*s a* cha#acte#, it has a i""e#e*t scope tha* the la%.
(?) La%s o e#* co* +ct at least pa#tl! th#o+ h "ea# o" p+*ishme*t. 1o#alit!, %he* it is i*te#*ali e ,
%he* it has /ecome ha/it-li&e o# seco* *at+#e, o e#*s co* +ct %itho+t comp+lsio*. The i#t+o+s
pe#so* oes the app#op#iate thi* /eca+se it is the "i*e o# *o/le thi* to o.
(@) 1o#alit! ca* i*"l+e*ce the la% i* the se*se that it ca* p#o i e the #easo* "o# ma&i* %hole
#o+ps o" immo#al actio*s ille al.
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