Legislation, as we have said, borrows the pure philosophy of right, or the doctrine of the nature and limits of right and wrong, from ethics, in order to apply it from the reverse side to its own ends, which are different from those of ethics, and to institute positive legislation and the means of supporting it, i.e., the state, in accordance with it.
Legegintzak, esan denez, moraletik mailegatzen du zuzenbide hutsaren doktrina edo justukia edo injustukiaren izaera eta mugen doktrina, moralari arrotzak zaizkion bereak alderantzitara ezartzeko eta gero legegintza positiboa eta horren sustengua, h. d. Estatua eraikitzeko.