(June 4, 2024 at 3:08 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: Third, the law about keeping your nickers on may have some basis in basic hygiene but is largely ridiculous. As Thump states, the government has no place making those sorts of laws. Just because we have daft laws doesn't mean that they make any moral sense.
Many parts of the US do have laws against nudity in public places.
I understand you think these laws are "largely ridiculous." But if they are instituted by the democratically elected officials of that community, then I assume they reflect the social mores of that area.
As you say, different places have different laws because they have different customs. What makes moral sense in one culture may seem like nonsense to you.
I suppose you could argue for some kind of universal non-contingent moral truth, that it is OK to have your bits swinging on the public sidewalk. To me it makes more sense that laws reflect the will of the people.
