BLaw 210 1st Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I Quotes II Ethics exercises Outline of Current Lecture III Quotes Current Lecture Assigned Readings Cases in the back of the book after the blue tab Declaration of Independence Chapters 1 4 Chapter 5 Ethics Quiz on Friday Bring a Blue Book Study the philosophical groundings for quiz Read the case and explain your ethical standing create cheat sheet IV V Without law there is no freedom John Locke a Judge thought Judge action i We d like to think we judge their action but we judge appearance first and correlate the two 1 Appearance is action the person chose to look that way dress hair etc b Judge the tree by the root c If you hear it but didn t see it did it actually happen the way you heard it The Declaration of Independence is the declaratory charter of our rights and of the rights of man Thomas Jefferson a Excerpt of D of I We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness i Who the hell are you to dictate what another can or can t do ii People who think that people have an excuse as to why homosexuals can t be married you re ignorant and arrogant It s not just a piece of paper to make them happy it entitles them to rights they should have never been denied Your religion is irrelevant in this argument because the United States has no national religion so your religion cannot be used to dictate the laws of a nation These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute VI The happy union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world James Madison