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Criminal law should compel all to obey moral standards

By Charles Kanjama

The three great ancient Greek philosophers were Socrates, his disciple Plato, and Plato’s disciple Aristotle. Three centuries before Christ, they had already explored through reason profound truths about human nature. Socrates used the peripatetic method of teaching through dialogue while strolling round the Athenian gardens. If Socrates was one of us, his dialogue with a Kenyan supporter of gay rights would go like this.

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