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title: Morality Should Be Legislated - What Would You Say
description: You’re in a conversation about what should be legal and what should be illegal, and someone says, “you shouldn’t legislate morality.” What would you say? People who say that morality shouldn’t be legislated have a problem with the idea of using laws to make everyone else behave like they think they should. But the next ...
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# [Morality Should Be Legislated - What Would You Say](https://whatwouldyousay.org/videos/should-morality-be-legislated)

 Written by [Joseph Backholm](https://whatwouldyousay.org/videos/author/joseph-backholm) | Dec 20, 2019 11:10:12 AM

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