This article examines the relationship between law and morality and particularly the dilemmas that arise from that configuration. It uses diverse scenarios, both at the local and global levels, to address a problem that cannot be ignored, avoided or postponed. Even though legal theory assumes that these dilemmas have been settled, that is far from the case because they underlie the text without their true dimension having been resolved. Can the law be given immunity in the face of a dilemma?