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Morality and The Law

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Whether you believe in a supreme being or you are an atheist, you acknowledge the existence of human life because you are alive. You are alive because someone nurtured you and protected you from all adversities. Whoever did so followed a set of rules of conduct that kept both of you alive. Such shared rules, written or not, play a vital role in all human existence.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, 37403, USA

    Joseph Migga Kizza

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(2003). Morality and The Law. In: Kizza, J.M. (eds) Ethical And Social Issues In The Information Age. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22466-4_2

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