(November 12, 2012 at 8:45 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Whew, good thing that's handled by law and not the scientific method eh? Murder and rape are no more imaginary than your nose, though the value we attribute to them could easily be called a construct (most everything two people do can be called a social construct, of course).
Law must be governed by science and rationality, don't you think?
What else do we appeal to when we make our laws? Religious values?