... civil, some deal with commercial transactions which is contract and some deal with tort, which includes issues of negligence and nuisance. Law represents codes of social conduct, which society has decided should be compulsory. This might be described as the only common 'moral framework' there is. The law is a way of formally stating behaviour that is to be regarded as acceptable and behaviour that is regarded as unacceptable. There is no choice about which laws are to be obeyed. Morals are beliefs about the way human beings living in communities should behave. These morals change over time and there are also clear differences between age groups, ethnic groups, religious groups and other communities who hold common attitudes. Morals are to do with 'right' and 'wrong'. Issues that have seen major changes over the past 50 years are attitudes towards single parents, sexual orientation such as homosexuality, living together before marriage, ...

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