TruthOT;
''A fact we must face is that regulations and laws are set up not just to protect people and nature, but also to protect the culture and values of those with the voice to affect cultural norms.'' Excellent rejoinder.
In the long term, if the grassroots could learn the actual ontological structure of the mode of origin of human action, we could all be authentic/honest in regard to giving the true future reasons for our actions; if our objective is to protect persons, and indeed it is, we can ultimately do so more efficiently by facing the fact that regulations and laws are not highly efficient means to that end. I am simply suggesting that we all raise ourselves, via education, up to the possession of a reflective understanding of our ontological freedom, which will uplift our natural nobility, and free us to constitute an honest civilization, wherein we are not continually kidding ourselves that law is the central avenue to doing civility and decency; if the downtrodden and ignorant persons, who are currently committing seriously antisocial acts, are uplifted and ennobled via education regarding the structure of their own humanity, there is a better chance of emancipating ourselves from the radically criminal conduct which is too common among us today...the problem, however, appears to be that common persons have extraordinary difficulty even imagining how they are possibly going to understand all this ontological stuff, which, indeed, is difficult; however, even I, if I were to concentrate, could possibly reduce it to simpler terms...which is what WillieT has been attempting to drill into my thick head all along...
Duane