Mahabbah

Would the world be better with more empathy? If so, why not simply engineer society to be more empathetic? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, Jacqueline is a scientist who invents a virus that she says changes people for the better. By editing genes and changing hormone levels it makes people more empathetic and compassionate towards others. She calls it Mahabbah and she wants the help of her friend Aziz to continuing human trials and release it into the world. Aziz agrees to also test the virus and determines it does perform as advertised. After being infected, Aziz is more sympathetic, and more willing to help others. When Aziz goes to Jacqueline’s office, he finds that she is being detained and her office is being quarantined. Jacqueline gets a message to Aziz who goes to her house, gets the virus, and releases a transferable version in the airport. It works. Over the next few months wars end and world peace takes hold. Jacqueline is released from quarantine months later and meets up with Aziz, and their friendship is strengthened in a new world.

The Handling of the Pandemic Covid 19 in the Consciousness of the Legal Community in Bali

This study discusses the legal awareness of the people of Bali are influenced by local wisdom in the face of pendemi covid-19. The purpose of this study is to analyze the success of handling Covid-19 in Bali in conjunction with legal awareness/ social culture of the Balinese people. There are two issues to be discussed, first how the legal regulation of countermeasures and efforts to break the chain of plague Covid-19 in Bali. Second, whether the local genius and social culture that has been there and is inherent in the fabric of Balinese life is effectively help the success of the handling of the Covid-19 in Bali ?The Research method used is normative law research Method reviewing the written law from various aspects, the approach of legislation (statute approach), the historical approach (historical approach), and a conceptual approach (conseptual approuach) and comparative approach (comparative approach) with the writing of descriptive analytical. The results of the research show that the Law is used to direct it to the goal-the desired destination, and creates patterns of behavior of new/social change in line with one of the functions of law, namely the function of the law as a means of social change, or a means to engineer society (social engineering). Tri Hita Karana (THK) as a frame of local wisdom in Bali in the life of indigenous peoples has been attached is the local wisdom that are rooted from culture and the hindu religion be a guideline and reference by the public in Bali to act/ behave this affects the legal awareness of the public to remain obedient and loyal in lawless in the community.