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"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." The question of course is, peoples interpretations of which laws are jus
by andreilys 5y ago
"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so."
The question of course is, peoples interpretations of which laws are just and unjust are subject to bias and individual incentives.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." Incidentally, while I recognize thr popularity of this quote, its fairly ridiculous taken literally for laws which are prohibitory rather than obligatory. Viewing a prohibition as unjust does not obligate me to violate the prohibition; believing people should be free from government constraint to do something doesn’t require me to do that thing. “Disregard” or “discount” in place of “disobey” would be more generally valid.
- achillesheels 5y agoLaws which are inconsistent with promoting the extension of human life can be ruled to be unjust.
- wolverine876 5y ago> Laws which are inconsistent with promoting the extension of human life can be ruled to be unjust. So outlawing theft, rape, fraud, kidnapping, false imprisonment, etc. - that's all unjust?
- achillesheels 5y agoDon’t those laws promote human life? And by life, we can definite it to be a “self-moving power”, as Plato defines it in his Laws.