Should the law intervene in areas, which it maybe argued, are purely matters of private morality, especially when it concerns sexual morality?
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Should the law intervene in areas, which it maybe argued, are purely matters of private morality, especially when it concerns sexual morality? Law and morality play an important role within society today, as the law has had many influences in the way in which we do certain things. However law has also influenced people's morals. As a result both law and moralities overlap, for example, the neighbours maybe astonished by the discovery of a person whom is engaging within prostitution. This type of behaviour may offend both legal and moral codes. It can be suggested that the moral and legal codes to an extent mark the boundaries of the acceptable and the unacceptable. So, what one person may find morally correct, the other will find it possibly immoral. Therefore it is necessary to analyse whether the law should be able to intervene within matters concerning private morality. In order to analyse both...


