“Society could function without any laws”
Agree
- Natural morality guides most people
- Communities self-regulate effectively
- Laws often create more problems
- Indigenous societies thrived without formal law
- Trust and reputation would matter more
Disagree
- People need deterrents for bad behavior
- Power vacuums lead to chaos
- Who enforces harm prevention
- History shows this fails quickly
- Protection for vulnerable would disappear
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