Mastodawn

'Statutory Rape Is An Outdated Concept'. Age of Consent and similar topics demonstrate that logic need not apply in emotional hot-button cases. Most people are incapable of getting past the emotional response. .👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/12/28/statutory-rape-is-an-outdated-concept/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
#philosophy #law #logic #reason #blog #podcast #debate #history #sex #age #consent #France #rape #abortion #morals #politics #language #commentary #morality

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦3d ago

how to survive an authoritarian regime

#politics #morals #ethics #Authoritarianism #FascistAmeriKKKa

Metal Monkey 3d ago

#Bible #God #Christianity #Hub #think #question #Morals #Ethics #choices #Freedom #salvation
https://blog.odicforcesounds.com/BibleHub.html #america #Africa #Asia #europe #india #russia #israel #ukraine #brazil
#Church #Christ #Jesus

Hub of Sacred Texts

Biblical Teachings

WIST Quotations 5d ago

A quotation from Montesquieu

We have said that the laws were the particular and precise institutions of a legislator, and manners and customs the institutions of a nation in general. Hence it follows that when these manners and customs are to be changed, it ought not to be done by laws; this would have too much the air of tyranny: it would be better to change them by introducing other manners and other customs.

[Nous avons dit que les loix étoient des institutions particulieres & précises du législateur, & les mœurs & les manieres des institutions de la nation en général. De-là il suit que, lorsque l’on veut changer les mœurs & les manieres, il ne faut pas les changer par les loix ; cela paroîtroit trop tyrannique: il vaut mieux les changer par d’autres mœurs & d’autres manieres.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 19, ch. 14 (1748) [tr. Nugent (1750)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/80963/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #change #customs #institutions #laws #legalsystem #legislation #manners #morals #mores #socialchange

Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 19, ch. 14 (1748) [tr. Nugent (1750)] - Montesquieu | WIST Quotations

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Metal Monkey Dec 18

https://blog.odicforcesounds.com/drugsSalvation.html #Ethics #Politics #Morals

Better than hiting or killing

other persons....

Dominik Alexander Dec 13

Are morals worth it still if every single person has got their own truth? Or believes they have?

#writing #morals #poetry

https://scriptorium77.com/2025/12/13/insinuation/

Insinuation

except for the point of view that I only accept within the crew © Dominik Alexander / 2025

Scriptorium '77

Microglyphics Dec 9

Tatterhood is a fairytale with mixed messages. One interpretation is popular. I discuss another.
https://philosophics.blog/2025/12/09/tatterhood/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
#philosophy #psychology #messages #stories #writing #reading #morals #teaching #learning #goats #roles #norway #agency #society #conformity #prices #blog #podcast #lessons #culture #curiosity #asking #talking

The Alex Perspective Dec 8

People should continue to boycott Unilever, Ben and Jerry's and Mars.

#Icecream #Food #morals #Israel #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine

https://news.sky.com/story/magnum-debut-suffers-a-chill-as-ben-and-jerrys-row-lingers-13480828

Magnum debut suffers a chill as Ben & Jerry's row lingers

Shares open slightly down following the demerger from Unilever that has been somewhat overshadowed by Magnum's tug of war with its Ben & Jerry's brand.

Sky

Mark Dec 8

Did A Judge REALLY Say That?! Take The Quiz Now

When it comes to #judges and #justice, can you spot the fact from the ﬁction? The answers might surprise you…

For #women around the world, a #courtroom can often mean anything but justice.

Women still face #discrimination and harmful stereotypes – even from the systems meant to protect them.

At #Amnesty UK, we believe the legal system should protect women’s rights, not perpetuate #sexism.

https://quiz.amnesty.org.uk/did-they-say-that

#HumanRights #freedom #morals

Did A Judge REALLY Say That?! Take The Quiz Now

Will you get 100%? Hardly anyone does!

Microglyphics Dec 3

Solidarity seems like a noble goal, but it's specious at best. When rallying for a cause, we want solidarity – for others to join – but what if we are among the others? #Solidarity comes at the expense of self – fine if you are already committed. Otherwise, not so much.

https://philosophics.blog/2025/12/03/on-the-strange-politics-of-solidarity/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
#solidarity #ethics #virtue #commongood #teaching #indotrination #normativity #institution #philosophy #psychology #virtue #dogma #flourishing #boundaries #goodandevil #totalitarianism #morals #principles