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Cheating is legal. Publishing people's PII is not.


Adultery is illegal in about half of US states.

http://www.theweek.co.uk/62723/adultery-laws-where-is-cheati...

I agree with sibling replies - the illegality of an action is unimportant when looking at the morality of it.


Being illegal doesn't necessarily make is more wrong. Those laws are quite peculiar to this time and country. You could say that the laws in a democracy reflect what the people feel is right and wrong, but only on a very coarse level. There are bound to be laws that the majority disagrees with, as well as actions which people agree are wrong but individual cases are so complicated the law wouldn't really be able to handle them, so they're allowed.


> Being illegal doesn't necessarily make it more wrong. Those laws are quite peculiar to this time and country.

It does make it more wrong, without getting into personal opinions. Morals vary even more across communities, cultures and countries. It's a fallacy to think yours is universal.


Legality plays no roll in this argument. Plenty of harmless activities are illegal, and plenty of harmful activities are legal.




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