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acarelar-5805	Nnamdi Chimezie UZOCHUKWU, Ikenga K. E. ORAEGBUNAM &	ROLE OF MORALITY IN CRIMINALISATION OF HUMAN ACTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NIGERIA, CANADA, AND INDIA	2025	9	.pdf	application/pdf	7422	279	40	mailto:ikengaken@gmail.com mailto:ik.oraegbunam@unizik.edu.ng mailto:Nnamdi.uzochukwu@yahoo.com ORAEGBUNAM & UZOCHUKWU: Role of Morality in Criminalisation of Human Acts: A Comparative Study of Nigeria, Canada, and India 2 | P a g e Though criminal law seeks to prevent harm by ‘communicating the wrongfulness’ and ‘moral’ culpability of the actions it prohibits,6 the relationship between morality and criminal law has remained under debate.7 The central question revolves around whether the law should enforce moral values and, if so, to what extent. To support this assertion, it replaces morally charged terms such as malice with more morally neutral concepts like foresight and intention.11 Despite the controversies between morality and criminal law, it is accepted that ‘crimes are essentially immoral acts deserving of punishment’.12 3.	cache/acarelar-5805.pdf	txt/acarelar-5805.txt
