Re: Ok, I was wrong about the Supreme Court
Kevin Gowen wrote:
> John Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
> >>> How does the CI apply to obeying problematic legal decisions made by
> >>> humans?
> >>
> >> The law *is* a CI, according to Kant.
> >
> > So [sigh] there isn't a universal morality after all. If the law says
> > we have to sacrifice new-born babies to propitiate the gods then it
> > is morally right to do so, and if the law says we may by no means
> > sacrifice new-born babies to propitiate the gods then it is morally
> > wrong.
>
> That wouldn't be a law under a Kantian regime. Sheesh.
So could you give us even one example of a current US law, if any, that
would not be a law under said Kantian regime?
Would Kant support Roe vs Wade?
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