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What is identified as a fundamental rule of behavior?
What is identified as a fundamental rule of behavior?
- Being charitable (correct)
- Enforcing laws strictly
- Ignoring personal rights
- Avoiding all confrontations
What approach is suggested to encourage better behavior in others?
What approach is suggested to encourage better behavior in others?
- Public shaming
- Ignore the behavior
- Force them to comply
- Use peaceful persuasion (correct)
What type of punishment was imposed on a government official in Augsburg for debasing the coinage?
What type of punishment was imposed on a government official in Augsburg for debasing the coinage?
- Fines and community service
- Loss of a hand (correct)
- Banishment
- Life imprisonment
What was the purpose of illustrating laws in the Sachsenspiegel for illiterate persons?
What was the purpose of illustrating laws in the Sachsenspiegel for illiterate persons?
Which scenario demonstrates the violation of the second fundamental rule?
Which scenario demonstrates the violation of the second fundamental rule?
What is suggested about rules beyond the two fundamentals in terms of enforcement?
What is suggested about rules beyond the two fundamentals in terms of enforcement?
What could happen if a government mint head inflated the coinage more than 60 pfennings?
What could happen if a government mint head inflated the coinage more than 60 pfennings?
What aspect of law enforcement is criticized in the author's opinion about additional rules?
What aspect of law enforcement is criticized in the author's opinion about additional rules?
In the context of the discussion about behavior, what does 'encroachment' mean?
In the context of the discussion about behavior, what does 'encroachment' mean?
What role do religious leaders, philosophers, legal scholars, and economists have according to the writer?
What role do religious leaders, philosophers, legal scholars, and economists have according to the writer?
Flashcards
The Right to Swing Your Fist
The Right to Swing Your Fist
A principle that protects individual freedom by limiting governmental power.
Encroachment
Encroachment
Peaceful persuasion is allowed, but using force to make someone be polite or charitable is encroachment on their freedom.
Majority Rule
Majority Rule
The idea that the majority can decide what is right and wrong, even for actions that may not be directly harmful.
Sachsenspiegel
Sachsenspiegel
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Debasing and Inflating Coinage
Debasing and Inflating Coinage
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Debasing Coinage
Debasing Coinage
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Inflating Coinage
Inflating Coinage
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Pfennig
Pfennig
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Burned at the Stake
Burned at the Stake
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Loss of a Hand
Loss of a Hand
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Study Notes
Fundamental Rules of Behavior
- Two fundamental rules of behavior exist: to be polite and charitable.
Additional Rules of Behavior
- Additional rules include being gentle, avoiding fatty foods, exercising, defending oneself, reading Tom Sawyer, keeping one's house painted, and washing one's car.
Enforceability in Court
- Enforcing additional rules in court is questionable.
- Forcing adherence is a violation of the principle of not encroaching on individual rights.
- Peaceful persuasion is a preferred method of encouragement, avoiding force.
- Force can harm individuals and society.
Legal Enforcement Debate
- There is a debate over whether additional rules should be legally mandated.
- Collaboration between religious leaders, philosophers, legal scholars, and economists is needed to determine if other rules should be legally enforced.
- Majority rule currently dominates in the absence of determined consensus.
Historical Legal Examples (Sachsenspiegel)
- Sachsenspiegel (Saxon Mirror), a common law book used in Germany from 1220-1900, illustrated laws with pictures for the illiterate.
- Covered areas like lawsuits, inheritance, property rights, and guardianships.
- German law included severe punishments for government officials found guilty of fraud, including the loss of a hand or even death by burning at the stake for excessive inflation of the currency.
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