Hart's Argument against Devlin's Treason Analogy

Hart`s Argument against Devlin`s Treason Analogy
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Hart contests Devlin`s analogy that private sexual immorality is similar to treason and therefore, just like treason, should be made punishable by criminal law. He highlights and distinguishes three categories of morality as perceived by the society and to begin with he states that there are certain moral beliefs that are fundamentally indispensable in the perpetuation of any society (p. 213). The second category of morality or moral beliefs he argues are those that are applicable to certain societies for example, what is considered as the norm or moral right in a matriarchal society could turn out to be absurd or immora...