The ethics lawyers of two former U.S. presidents recently labeled President Donald Trump as America’s most unethical president. President Trump’s lawyers rebutted that no ethics laws have been violated. Meanwhile, immigration critics harp on the “illegal” status of immigrants as an original sin that cannot be overcome by years of paying taxes and otherwise contributing to American society. These claims imply that law-following confers absolution and law-violations a moral stain.
Yet, given that laws are made via political processes, why should we presume the law establishes what is and is not ethical? It is more probable that law is designed by and for those who have political power.
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