Here's a non-exhaustive list of things I believe are immoral but should not be illegal. The point is that not everything good should be enforced by other humans at gunpoint.
1. Pride.
2. Lying in general, although subsets such as fraud and perjury should be illegal.
3. Aborting babies conceived by rape.
4. Devising wicked schemes.
5. Being bloodthirsty, delighting in pain and suffering.
6. Stirring up trouble over pointless things.
7. Idolatry.
8. Using God's name as a swear word.
9. Disrespecting the Sabbath.
10. Dishonoring your parents.
11. Adultery.
12. Pre-marital sex.
13. Coveting.
14. Gluttony.
15. Laziness.
16. Lust.
17. Unjustified anger; being short-tempered.
18. Greed.
19. Listening to or spreading gossip.
20. Neglecting the study of God's Word.
21. Neglecting to pray.
22. Neglecting evalgelism.
23. Neglecting church attendance and participation.
24. Drunkenness.
25. Being inhospitable.
26. Neglecting your family.
27. Neglecting the instruction and discipline of your children.
28. Insincerity.
29. Being bullying or overbearing.
30. Being manipulative.
31. Being discouraging or pessimistic.
I'll add more as I think of them.
Jesus, this is good. Just reading this and I'm exhausted. You are so right. Whew, thanks!
It's fine to say neglecting your family should not be illegal, but how do you define neglect?
A parent does and should have a legal responsibility to the physical and mental well-being of his or her children.
The same with bullying - when it becomes physically intimidating and threatens someone's safetly, it should be illegal.
I also think it's fine to make yourself a mental list, but really trying to pigeon-hole a number of items like this is kind of asking for controversy...
YC: Thanks!
Barry: Sure, subsets of these things should be illegal in specific instances.
I would generally agree, although I notice that one item in your list directly results in the death of another person.
gaw: Many of those things lead to death.
Yes, many of these acts can lead to death, either of the person committing the act or another. Only one of them, by definition, directly causes the death of someone else.
But do not the majority of the things on your list lead to crimes?
DD: I don't think so, no. Gluttony? Lust? Premarital sex?
Imbibing (both drink and smoke)
>>3. Aborting babies conceived by rape.>>
Who asked you, anyway?