Legality vs Morality
The cluster revolves around repeated assertions that legality does not equate to morality, with commenters emphasizing the distinction between what is legally permissible and what is ethically or morally right.
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Don't confuse legality with morality.
Don't confuse legality with morality.
There's legal, and there's moral. The two sets are not coterminous.
Something being legal doesnt mean it was moral.
You're confusing the legal with the moral.
Just because it was legal doesn't make it moral.
Do you understand that there's a difference between legal and moral?
You're arguing legality - I'm arguing morality.
You're confusing legal with moral.
There’s a difference between what is legal and what is morally correct.