For Potterheads: Do you think that providing wands to children of eleven is a good idea? Wands can do Avada Kedavra, Crucio, Sectumsempra and some pretty nasty stuff.
For Mistborn readers: Do you think that a group of Mistborns can take over the world? Don't forget that they can control kandra, the flesh-changers and the hemalurgical beasts, koloss.
For A Song of Ice and Fire readers: Do you think the Faceless Men of Braavos can do whatever nasty things they could and get away with it? They are already world-class assassins and let's assume that they can change their finger-prints and DNA too.
Let's come to real world. There are restrictions on weapons, laws specifying age limits and rules on nearly everything you can think of. But, still nasty things do happen everyday.
Why then the laws exist? Do the existence of laws contain a hidden assumption that humans are inherently bad and need to be carefully controlled?
What makes a person become a jerk? Why some people do wrong? Do the wrongdoers really know that what they are doing is wrong? Is punishment the right way to 'solve' the problem of crimes, whichever they may be?
Who is actually responsible for a wrongdoing - the person or the circumstances he grew up/found himself in ?
What would happen in a lawless world? Will people crumble or they will rise from the ashes?
What will it need to make a world where no laws are required?
Thanks for reading. If you have something to say, then please comment. If you have some books to recommend on this topic, then please do. You can bring anything from neuroscience to western philosophy.
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