Do You Have an Obligation to Obey the Law? – Prof. Michael Huemer, Ph.D.

#Philosophy #Morality #Police

Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than seventy academic articles in epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy, as well as seven books.


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[davidmaharaj]

A negative right is an action that does not cause to harm to another human being. That should be the only right anarchists align with.

[wheatdevon]

I was thinking about this today after watching this video.. I remember where I heard this basics of what was being said.
~"The nature of law is to maintain justice. This is so much the case that, in the minds of the people, law and justice are one and the same thing. There is in all of us a strong disposition to believe that anything lawful is also legitimate. This belief is so widespread that many persons have erroneously held that things are “just” because law makes them so. Thus, in order to make plunder appear just and sacred to many consciences, it is only necessary for the law to decree and sanction it. Slavery, restrictions, and monopoly find defenders not only among those who profit from them but also among those who suffer from them."~

[yannizvetkoff]

I strongly disagree only with the point about who is more morally responsible for applying unjust law - politicians or police. Mark Passio is making a really good case on that subject: Since the order follower (enforcer) brings harm into physical manifestation he is MORE culpable than the order giver who wrote words on a piece of paper.

[Anarchy-Is-Liberty]

OK, well who gets to be Mr. or Mrs. "god", and decide what is a just law and what is not a just law? Come-on, man!! No, I don't have to obey shit!!!

[wheatdevon]

Thus, if there exists a law which sanctions slavery or monopoly, oppression or robbery, in any form whatever, it must not even be mentioned. For how can it be mentioned without damaging the respect which it inspires? Still further, morality and political economy must be taught from the point of view of this law; from the supposition that it must be a just law merely because it is a law.