STUDY UNIT 2: LAW AND MORALITY/ SOCIAL CONTRACT & JUSTICE

Question 1

DEFINE SOCIAL CONTRACT

Answer 1

is the view that person’s moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract/agreement among them to form the society they live in

Question 2

DESCRIBE SOCIAL CONTRACT

Answer 2

it is an agreement amongst citizens that empowers leaders to be in charge of organizing society for the basis of survival.
individuals are required to give up their freedom for the cause of the agreement/contract.
the contract ensures & grants protection towards society and the laws are implied in daily lives within relationships and business interactions.

Question 3

LEGAL POSITIVISM

Answer 3

philosophy that believes law’s validity depends on the question whether it was enacted or determined by authority regardless of its moral desirability.

Question 4

NATURAL LAW

Answer 4

an approach to law where laws are only recognized as valid if they comply with universal principles of morality and justice

Question 5

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAW AND NORMS

Answer 5

law is the set of norms that distinguish good from bad

norms are rules that regulate human conduct

Question 6

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE LAW AND MORALITY

Answer 6

religion
individual morality
community morality

Question 7

RELIGION AS A FACTOR

Answer 7

it determines the relationship between an individual and a supreme being
religion and law have some same content but they don’t overlap

Question 8

INDIVIDUAL MORALITY AS A FACTOR

Answer 8

morality is an individual’s ideal self image-the private conflict between an individual and his/her conscience

Question 9

COMMUNITY MORALITY

Answer 9

the norms of the whole community or community groups

these norms at times coincide with the law