Lee Revell wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 15:08 -0500, Peter Bessman wrote:
>
>> Frank Barknecht wrote:
>>
>>> It's even easier for a contract to be morally wrong, because generally
>>> public law is influenced by the common view of morals more than
>>> private contracts. In German that would be a contract, that is
>>> "sittenwidrig". I think, the legal term in English is "contrary to
>>> public policy". Contracts to sell your vote would be an example for
>>> this, though these are illegal as well in many countries.
>>>
>>>
>> The fact that it's illegal to sell your vote does not prove that
>> contracts can be morally wrong.
>>
>
> OK, is it morally wrong to sell yourself into slavery? Mill didn't
> think so:
>
I don't know --- is it morally wrong to volunteer for a suicide mission,
with 100% certainty of death? This is, obviously, a fringe scenario.
-Pete
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