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Conjunctions of regulation and deregulation
'OR' is the conjunction of Deregulation and 'NOT' the conjunction of Regulation. They join together affirmative conduct and negative conduct. 'OR' indicates that both permutations of conduct are available to a Source doing conduct. 'NOT' indicates the permutation of conduct that a Lawmaker does not desire. These conjunctions are important because they emphasize the fact that each permutation of a law is made from a Lawmaker's opinion about both polarities of conduct. In other words, it takes two opinions to make one permutation of a law.
Consequences
Conduct that arrives at a Recipient is known as consequences.
Decision to engage in a course of conduct
The hallmark of the process of making a law is who decides whether or not to engage on a course of conduct: the Lawmaker or the Source. A Lawmaker either reserves the decision to himself or delegates it to the Source. Regulation occurs when a Lawmaker reserves the decision to himself. Deregulation occurs when a Lawmaker delegates the decision to a Source.
Deregulation
Deregulation is one of the three permutations of a law. The other two are Affirmative Regulation and Negative Regulation. A Lawmaker applies one of the three permutations of a law to any single instance of conduct flowing from Source to Recipient through circumstances. In Deregulation a Lawmaker lacks a desire for affirmative conduct and lacks a desire for negative conduct. The vehicles that convey Deregulation are a permission, privilege (no-duty) and no-right. A Lawmaker issues a permission and binds a privilege (no-duty) to a Source doing conduct and a no-right to a Recipient receiving conduct. In Deregulation a Lawmaker is "hands off". There is no pushing of conduct from a Source. There is no pulling of conduct to a Recipient. The Lawmaker leaves the conduct alone. In Deregulation, the Source doing conduct decides whether to engage in a course of conduct. The Lawmaker delegates the decision to the Source doing conduct. The Lawmaker does not reserve the decision to himself.
Every permutation of a law consists of two opinions. The presence of a desire toward one polarity of conduct discloses the permutation of a law. However the absence of a desire toward one polarity of conduct is ambiguous. It does not disclose the permutation of a law. When an absence of a desire is detected both polarities of conduct must be examined to determine the permutation of a law.
Desire for affirmative 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 affirmative 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 affirmative 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 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. When a desire for affirmative 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 affirmative conduct is coupled with the absence of a desire for negative conduct, a Lawmaker is engaged in Deregulation. If the absence of a desire for affirmative conduct is coupled with the presence of a desire for negative conduct, a Lawmaker is engaged in Negative Regulation.
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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