Take the situation of a scientist solving a problem, where he has certain data, which call for certain responses. Some of this set of data call for his applying such and such a law, while others call for another law.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Law is any application for the official use of coercion that succeeds.
My approach to deciding cases is I look at the law, I look at the facts, and I do my best to apply the law to the facts and make a decision based on the law and the facts.
I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.
Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.
If the law doesn't apply equally to everybody, then you don't really have a system of law.
We want laws to be applied predictably.
Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
Law is a formless mass of isolated decisions.
Every fundamental law has exceptions. But you still need the law or else all you have is observations that don't make sense. And that's not science. That's just taking notes.