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andycrain.bsky.social@andycrain.bsky.social |
Let’s rank ancient legal and moral traditions by their impact on US law: 1. Germanic Pagan 2. Roman Pagan 3. Greek Pagan 4. Hebrew 5. Native North American 6. Muslim 7. Zoroastrian 8. Indian Hindu/Buddist/Jain 9. Chinese Confucian/legalism 10. Mezoamerican The basis of our law is broad.
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andycrain.bsky.social
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And I missed some. The Manichean concept of good v. evil, along with similar ideas from Zoroastrianism, has had an impact in our law. You can add to this the ancient Egyptian idea of weighing a dead person’s heart against a feather. Add also: The Mongol tolerance of a variety of religions, Etc.
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