or are you saying that you should respect the laws that govern us because they are in place to protect and not harm, though some should be changed others are there to regulate our laps in moral judgement.
What im saying is Morals in people are forever changing, even as the general public.
Laws get tied up too quick and dont always align to the moral judgement of the people.
but at the end of the day its the people that have the moral choice, you had a moral choice to pick up a cigarette and smoke for the first time if not more ive never known someone to get addicted on the first smoke lol, you made a moral choice to simply say, I know its addictive but yes I will try it, Not everyone smokes though now do they? simply because its legal the same thing works even if its illegal.
Morals dictate actions of the people not laws.
Myself when I was younger I had no real morals to speak of, I was in alot of fights, I was young poor and angry and in a gang, why would I respect laws?, I made a choice to stop fighting one day and instead of wallowing in violence, hurting people, doing however I pleased, to closing that chapter on my life and going on to make something of myself, I gained morals to benifit myself and my overall well being, so the next guy I kick in the chest doesnt get killed, so I no longer get people pointing guns at my kneecaps, and so people stop lunging at me with knives, Laws barely mean anything in the most impoverished part of society.