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Consider whether there are any areas of morality, which are not the law's business.  

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Consider whether there are any areas of morality, which are not the law's business. Whether the law should be involved in certain areas of morality has been a debate for many years, especially between the two opposing schools of thought. Naturally and certainly obviously there are certain areas of morality of which the law has to be involved, for example murder and manslaughter, however there are many areas of private morality that I personally believe are not the laws business. The moral values of communities lay down a framework for how its people should behave. Morality differs from culture to culture therefore it is difficult to make a uniform law based on such morals. However, the law of a country is usually a reflection of the moral values accepted by society. For example the law of Tort proceeds that if an individual brings harm against another individual he...

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