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Morality and the Law

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After reading this chapter, the reader should be able to: 1. Learn to make sound moral reasoning. 2. Learn about moral values and ideals in a person’s life. 3. Learn about the relationship between morality and religion. 4. Distinguish between morality and etiquette, law, and professional code of conduct. 5. Learn what it means to have moral principles, the nature of conscience, and the relationship between morality and self-interest. 6. Learn the values and ideals in a person’s life.

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    Let Unix be a trademark of AT&T.

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Further Readings

  1. “Conclusion: Words, Not Laws, Should Be the Weapons.” The Ethical Spectacle, November 1995. http://www.spectacle.org/1995/concl.html

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Kizza, J.M. (2010). Morality and the Law. In: Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-038-0_2

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