Legal morals quiz

According to the text, what is the main assertion of positivism regarding the relationship between law and morals?

• Laws and morals should be mixed to guide society.

• Laws and morals should be kept separate.

• Laws should be based solely on moral values.

• Morals are irrelevant to the creation of laws.

What does Jeremy Bentham criticize about natural law theory?

• It is 'nonsense upon stilts.'

• It is the only way to enforce morality.

• It is based on rational decision-making.

• It supports the suppression of vice.

Which theorist referred to natural law as a 'dictate of right reason'?

• Lon Fuller

• Lord Devlin

• St Thomas Aquinas

• Viscount Simonds

According to H.L.A. Hart, when should laws that enforce morals cease?

• When they prevent harm to others.

• When they cause pain to the individual concerned.

• When they are not justifiable in the interests of society.

• When they support private morality.

What does the Wolfenden Report of 1978 state about the role of law in moral issues?

• Law should equate the sphere of crime with that of sin.

• Law should not intervene where immorality causes harm.

• Law should act to equate the sphere of crime with that of sin.

• Law should not concern itself with private morality and immorality.