Religion-as-law freezes iniquitous rules into eternally fixed commands.

Evidence

The vice known to legal theory as formalism or conceptualism consists in an attitude to verbally formulated rules which both seeks to disguise and to minimize the need for such choice, once the general rule has been laid down. One way of doing this is to freeze the meaning of the rule so that its general terms must have the same meaning in every case where its application is in question. — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 370 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Religion should consist of principles rather than fixed rules to preserve moral responsibility.; Coding religion as rule-like law crushes moral freedom and spontaneity.; Formalism disguises the need for judicial choice by freezing rule meaning — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 370 (+2 more)

Related

• Coding religion as rule-like law crushes moral freedom and spontaneity. (similarity 0.85)
• Religion should consist of principles rather than fixed rules to preserve moral responsibility. (similarity 0.82)
• Formalism disguises the need for judicial choice by freezing rule meaning (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Coding religion as rule-like law crushes moral freedom and spontaneity. #corroborates (0.80)
• Formalism disguises the need for judicial choice by freezing rule meaning #expands (0.65) — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 370
• Identity politics freezes identity in false shapes for political convenience. #expands (0.55)