The goal of the city of the Laws, as we've seen, is to produce citizens who possess complete virtue (Laws 630C3 6; see also e.g. 705D3 706A4, 963A).
That there is some important connection between value and order in the Laws is suggested by, for example, Plato's willingness to infer from the order in the heavens that the cause of that order must be "good with every virtue" (Laws 899B6).
But so are a plethora of other things online - the far more extensive foreclosure of the public domain by virtue of laws on copyright, gambling, 'child safety', pornography.
The intent of Section 5 is to ensure that disputes relating to the appointment of presidential electors will be "decided under and by virtue of laws made prior to the exigency under which they arose".
Legislators pose as paragons of virtue pass laws which limit the rights of women, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons.
The thing is, in some ways last week's ruling was as much for relationships like ours as for happily-wanting-to-be-married same-sex couples, because by virtue of laws that recognized my relationship and my family, this process of coming apart has been much less painful than it could have been.
To reawaken a sense of responsibility, especially in official and administrative circles, Augustus reaffirmed traditional Italian virtues (by laws aimed against adultery, by strengthening family ties, and by stimulating the birth rate) and revived ancestral religion (by repairing temples, building new shrines, and reactivating moribund cults and rituals).
Because these are two women in a lesbian relationship, by virtue of law they are denied the right to marry.
Dworkin was best known for the idea that the most important virtue the law can display is integrity — understood as the moral idea that the state..
Dworkin was best known for the idea that the most important virtue the law can display is integrity — understood as the moral idea that the state should act on principle so each member of the community is treated as an equal.
In response to a question on the mannerism of good counsel, Faraz Rabbani, a leading scholar of Islam, wrote: "Our age is an age where the Prophetic mercy, gentleness, gradualness, and wisdom need to predominate and condition any "promotion" of both virtue and law".
