Very good, I agree. Moral and legal are two independent concepts;
although it would be nice for legal to always be moral, and for moral
to always be legal, herein are two different scopes: the abstract and
the application.
We're in an unnamed desert at a cave just recently discovered; although
I'd like to believe that "human law of the land" and "the legal system"
would have jurisdiction over the rights and restraints of subjects A
and B who are presumably in some remote country/planet, I think the
more important thing to consider is that "legal rights" in this
situation are simply meaningless. Is A going to appeal in court? Is B
going to start some campaign to end senseless gate-closing? Heavens no.
Given a timeframe, either B dies from A's paranoia and "selfishness" or
lives from A's mercy and compassion. In this situation, I would more
consider the psyche of subject A and his "subjective" interpretation of
right/wrong, the basis of his virtue and character, since that is what
the entire decision of opening the gate is dependant upon in absence of
a "legal law." Whether or not it is legal is irrelevant in this
situation due to his inferred remoteness from civilization...
here we revert to man in nature, a primitive beast, bereft of governing
body. One man's right is his only right. All other rights are
illusions.
anyway, what I'm trying to say is right or wrong are relative. Your
right is my wrong in absence of a clear definition imposed or suggested
by society and mankind. Subject A will do whatever he wants. He has
absolute freedom. He's in an impregnable gate; therefore, who or what
will impose their definition of righteousness to him? He can dance
naked and ***** in the spring as he wishes. Personally, I would prefer
that he stick to some sort of "moral system,' but he can really do
whatever he feels like, and that, in a way, is his fundamental right,
that which cannot be taken away.
You can argue whether it's right or wrong but it won't change this
situation or any other situation with the same circumstances. Sometimes
it's better to accept what we cannot change and not fetter our brow
with useless questions and details.
Just throwing in my two cents.
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