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Answer by Yechiam Weiss for Has there ever been a society with merged ethics...

The problem you sense is the reason you feel a "divide" between law and ethics.In its essence, law is a form of ethical sense being given a cut-clear interpretation (well, not really because that...

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Answer by Philip Klöcking for Has there ever been a society with merged...

I'd argue while tribal societies essentially work that way but do not even have this difference, no state where the difference exists can do so.Tribal societies generally have certain characteristics...

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Has there ever been a society with merged ethics and law?

The so-called ethics-law divide is pervasive in most cultures nowadays. Not all unethical acts are punishable by the state or defined in its positive law, and occasionally societies formally ban...

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