2007-05-12 18:59:53 · 15 answers · asked by Kwan2007 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If there was lawlessness, everyone would probably behave like animals.
2007-05-12 19:04:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For a while, chaos would reign, I've little doubt. But survival as a species and a society would eventually compel us to reinstate some sort of law. Even if it's the old dominance of the strongest system, Kings and Chieftans, SOME sort of order is necessary to flourish.
Might take a couple hundred years to get there again though.
Might not be a bad thing.
2007-05-13 03:09:13 · answer #2 · answered by mistersurreal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People break the laws every day. The law does not prevent those actions from happening. With 1 million people in US prisons, clearly 1 million people ignored the laws.
It is a logical flaw to assume that everyone would simply do as they choose without laws to restrain them. People who want to kill will find a way whether a law is on the books or not.
2007-05-13 02:46:57 · answer #3 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do people think that everyone around them are potentialy going to murder them? We even look at young kids with suspicion. Everything we see in this world points us to the belief that we all mean each other harm. In every way. As humans, one species, like every other species on this planet, don't we want the same things? We're all evolving in pieces, should we just say 'f*ck it' and do it together? Maybe it would come faster.
2007-05-13 04:03:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is, we can't know. There are legal restraints, and i wonder why people even listen to them in the first place anyway all the time. we have no obligations to do anything, but we've been trained to follow what others tell us. in reality, we can act however we want, but have choosen to live not as we want, but as we should.
2007-05-13 02:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by Freakout-Madness 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very intelligent question
Dharmena hina pashubhi samana
Man will become like animal without legal control and legal control comes from dharma or religion, all code of ethics come from religion.the only things that makes us different from animals as we can think what is right & wrong whereas an animal cannot differentiate between right or wrong.
2007-05-13 02:36:12 · answer #6 · answered by Hare Krsna 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would be like the old west except worse!
Others would just be killing anyone who got in their way & doing anything they wish.
I believe there would be some factions who would try to preserve order or cut themselves off from the bad guys & have their own towns or sectors,or whatever,but there would also be those who would try to rule as a dictator,or mafioso.
Gangs would be rampant,worse than they are now,I do know that!
2007-05-13 02:11:56 · answer #7 · answered by Frogmama2007 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, I don't think it would be that different. Kids are taught by parents to do the morally, not legally right thing to to do. Laws today don't stop crimnals; if we didn't have them it would only make a small difference in some people. if people want to steal something they do it. Note: this is MY opinion
2007-05-13 02:29:23 · answer #8 · answered by omygosh 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sadly we rely too much on the law to behave 'decently' but we do have a moral 'code of ethics' which would prevent us from joining the animal kingdom :)
2007-05-13 02:42:21 · answer #9 · answered by Praxis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just like they do in places where anarchy and lawlessness reign today, like Iraq, Bedford Styvesent and Watts. People would kill each other without remorse for their pocket change - brutality woudl reign supreme.
2007-05-13 02:44:18 · answer #10 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dude, what legal restraints............. you can do whatever you want whenever you want.
Dont tell me that jail scares you.
There are no laws except for those that we choose to follow, otherwise nothing restrains us.
Just ourselves.
2007-05-13 02:11:46 · answer #11 · answered by jesusoffh 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋