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Desire for affirmative conduct - present

In the process of making a law, a Lawmaker forms opinions about both polarities of conduct flowing from a Source to Recipient through circumstances. One of the four opinions is the presence of a desire for affirmative conduct. Narrowing the focus of a Lawmaker to the Source we can phrase this by saying that a Lawmaker desires a Source to do affirmative conduct. Narrowing the focus of a Lawmaker to the Recipient we can phrase this by saying that a Lawmaker desires a Recipient to receive affirmative conduct. It takes two opinions to constitute a permutation of a law. Both polarities of conduct must be consider by a Lawmaker who is making a law. The presence of a desire, however, is unambiguous. The presence of a desire for affirmative conduct is accompanied only by an absence of a desire for negative conduct. When a desire for affirmative conduct is present, the Lawmaker is engaged in Affirmative Regulation.

Desire for negative conduct - absent

In the process of making a law, a Lawmaker forms opinions about both polarities of conduct flowing from a Source to Recipient through circumstances. One of the four opinions is the absence of a desire for negative conduct. Narrowing the focus of a Lawmaker to the Source we can phrase this by saying that a Lawmaker lacks a desire for a Source to do negative conduct. Narrowing the focus of a Lawmaker to the Recipient we can phrase this by saying that a Lawmaker lacks a desire for a Recipient to receive negative conduct. It takes two opinions to constitute a permutation of a law. Both polarities of conduct must be consider by a Lawmaker who is making a law. When a desire for negative conduct is absent it is impossible to tell the permutation of a law. The absence of a desire is ambiguous. The other polarity of conduct must be examined. If the absence of a desire for negative conduct is coupled with the absence of a desire for affirmative conduct, a Lawmaker is engaged in Deregulation. If the absence of a desire for negative conduct is coupled with the presence of a desire for affirmative conduct, a Lawmaker is engaged in Affirmative Regulation.

Desire for negative conduct - present

In the process of making a law, a Lawmaker forms opinions about both polarities of conduct flowing from a Source to Recipient through circumstances. One of the four opinions is the presence of a desire for negative conduct. Narrowing the focus of a Lawmaker to the Source we can phrase this by saying that a Lawmaker desires a Source to do negative conduct. Narrowing the focus of a Lawmaker to the Recipient we can phrase this by saying that a Lawmaker desires a Recipient to receive negative conduct. It takes two opinions to constitute a permutation of a law. Both polarities of conduct must be consider by a Lawmaker who is making a law. The presence of a desire, however, is unambiguous. The presence of a desire for negative conduct is accompanied only by an absence of a desire for affirmative conduct. When a desire for negative conduct is present, the Lawmaker is engaged in Negative Regulation.

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Source:  OpenStax, A unified theory of a law. OpenStax CNX. Mar 25, 2011 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10670/1.106
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