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What do you mean, "bad"?

That I'd afterwards regret.

Something bad...

That I'd afterwards regret.

- Have you written it down?

- Yes, Boss.

Because of this thing, you can't make

the sting operation, right?

Yes.

Gina, bring me a dictionary.

A Romanian dictionary.

Find one.

In 5 minutes, I want

a dictionary on my desk!

- And you, Nelu?

- Same as yesterday.

- Meaning?

- I haven't found the girl.

- Have you looked for her? Where?

- Yes.

- At her home.

- When?

After the meeting, lunchtime,

in the evening...

- And?

- I couldn't find her.

- Was anybody in?

- Nobody.

- She's making a fool of you.

- My informant

says he hasn't seen her for a week.

- Perhaps she's back working the streets.

- That's what criminals call it...

- To prostitute herself.

- Did you run it through passports?

Yesterday, but I haven't got

anything back.

- When did you make the inquiry?

- Yesterday.

- Yesterday it was the day before yesterday.

- Yesterday I told you it was yesterday.

Yesterday you said you did it yesterday,

which means the day before yesterday.

- I think you misunderstood.

- I think you did.

She'll change her statement.

Now that she's made up with her pimp.

- Charge her for perjury...

- And lose the pimp, the procurer...

She'll denounce him.

Talk to the Prosecutor and get on it.

- Alright. Can I go?

- No. Sit down.

I was thinking of talking

to the prosecutor...

You've got a sudden urge to work?

- I was looking through the file...

- Damn it, Nelu. I wasn't born yesterday.

I was born the day before yesterday.

You've made a spelling mistake.

- Yes, I know.

- Then why did you make it?

My wife told me yesterday,

but I forgot to correct it.

Have you thought it over?

I won't do it.

Yes you will...

Lads,

you know what we're doing here?

- Having a meeting?

- No.

Dialectics, that's what it's called.

Do you know what that means?

Finding out the truth.

That's what you said.

- Winter's coming...

- I wish it would.

- Found one.

- Where?

- Dana, in Records.

- Give it to Cristi.

And buy one, so we have

one in the office too.

Will I take it

from petty cash?

Do you know

what conscience is?

- Sorry?

- The word "conscience", have you heard of it?

- Of course.

- What does it mean?

It's when you believe in God...

Well Gina, you'll put it of petty cash,

because you'll need it too.

- So I'll put it on petty cash.

- Exactly.

- Right. Do you need me for anything else?

- No.

Look up "conscience".

"Constiinta" "conscience/consciousness".

A feeling, intuition

that a man has of his existence.

Slower.

Slow down so you understand it.

An intuitive or automatic

knowledge an individual has

of his own existence

and of things around him.

Faculty of noticing

and understanding.

Social consciousness -a totality

of ideas, conceptions,

knowledge, mentalities

of a human group,

reflecting its conditions

of existence,

as well as the social psychology

of people. Class consciousness...

- Should I keep reading?

- Yes.

Part of the social consciousness

reflecting

the social existence

of a particular class,

(as opposed to existence, matter)

thought and spirit.

A sense of moral responsibility

concerning one's own behaviour.

A matter of conscience the problem

of resolving a difficult moral problem.

Qualms of conscience -

remorse, regret.

To have a clean conscience:

To be sure of not having transgressed

moral law or the laws of the state.

To have no conscience -

to have no scruples.

In good conscience -

in good faith.

Freedom of conscience,

the right of the citizens

to hold any religious

or philosophical view etc...

From French conscience,

Latin conscientia.

So...

Nelu, read Cristi's definition.

Conscience is something within me

that stops me

from doing something bad...

that I'd afterwards regret.

So you have a feeling,

an intuition

that you'll regret

arresting this kid, right?

- Yes.

- Fine. So far so good.

Now read just the passage

about qualms of conscience.

Qualms of conscience -

remorse, regret.

To have a clean conscience:

to be sure of not having transgressed

moral law or the laws of the state.

Against moral law

or the laws of the state. Yes?

- Yes.

- Fine...

So now I have to ask you,

if you don't arrest Victor,

won't you have qualms of

conscience for defying the law?

- No.

- Why?

The law will change. In a few years

we won't make arrests for use or supply.

- You're foolish.

- It's like that abroad.

- Nobody's arrested for supplying.

- Really foolish.

- Do you change the law at will?

- No.

Why not?

You no longer believe in the law

you, as police, have to obey.

- hat's not true. I believe in the law.

- You believe in your own moral law.

Let's define moral law.

Search law.

Law - a philosophical category

that expresses the essential,

necessary,

relatively stable or constant

relationship within

and between

the objects and phenomena of reality

or between the successive

states of a certain process.

A regular model of change in

a phenomenon or process,

expressing its essential character.

A binding regulation,

established and defended

by the state...

That's the law

that we have to defend. Go on.

Unwritten law -tradition,

custom of the land.

Man of the law, agent

of the authority of the state.

A person who respects

the law scrupulously.

That's what we have to be.

Go on.

Legal person - lawyer.

Law of the jungle -loose, aggressive

competition. According to the law -just,

legal.

Law abiding respectful of the law.

His word is law

his authority is obeyed precisely...

Law and order - respect

and obedience for the law.

It's (not) a law

it's (not) necessarily so.

In the name of the law -

standard formula

used to invoke legal authority.

In accordance with the law,

compliant with legislation.

A legal process, judgement, legal,

constitutional. Religion, belief.

A law unto oneself to disregard

the laws of state and society,

to do as one wishes.

Latin lex, legis.

- That's all?

- Yes.

- Anything about moral law?

- No.

Look up "moral".

"Morala" "morality" -

All the rules of social behaviour,

behaviour of individuals towards

each other and towards society,

the breaking of which is punished

by public opinion rather than by law;

ethics - correct behaviour; mores.

Systematization of moral rules;

Ethics. Book that comprises these norms:

treaty of ethics.

Conclusion contained in a text,

especially in a fable.

From Latin moralis,

French morale.

- That's the end?

- Yes.

- So, again, nothing about moral law.

- No.

In the end, this moral law

is something vague

that depends on each person.

If you're religious like Gina,

it could be the Bible.

Though even the Bible is now open to

interpretation, so nobody can rely on it.

If you're an atheist you

have your rules, same thing.

So where does this lead us?

To chaos. Right?

- Yes...

- Right.

And in order for there

not to be chaos, there is the law

that we as police officers

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