The Hart–Devlin debate was a famous debate in the mid-twentieth century between legal philosophers Patrick Devlin and H. L. A. Hart about whether the law is a suitable tool for the enforcement of morality.
The debate arose in the context of a proposal to decriminalize homosexuality in the United Kingdom.
Devlin argued that the law is a suitable tool to enforce morality, while Hart disagreed.
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