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Civil Disobedience Pros And Cons

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Civil Disobedience Kimi Parker Topic 1 September 12, 2015 Phil 1101 Professor Daniel Hass Socrates believed that civil disobedience was unethical. If a person does not wish for a law to exist, then they must take it to higher powers to appeal that it is wrong and should be removed (Hass).I agree with this to an extent. If there is a just and logical court system or appeal system, then by no means should people be permitted to fight the law by breaking the law. This is especially the case if the laws aren’t actually causing damage to any person’s well being. However, if the court or appeal system will not hear an argument, and their decision can or will hurt people, then I believe it is okay for a person to fight the law in a way that does …show more content…

This doesn’t mean that I believe that they should just turn themselves in, though. And if the courts decide to let them off, then that means that they have won. However, since humans are self serving, fleeing a punishment allows other people to do the same. They can point fingers and say that they do not cross the line that the other drew. This is the extent that I agree with Socrates. Laws can be broken sometimes because not all people are rational. Governing powers become corrupt by irrational people. The flaw in Socrates’ argument was about the rationality of man, since emotions cloud our …show more content…

He believed that not letting the people hear about the information that he knew could hurt them. I do not know enough about whether or not his beliefs were true, and that’s not the point. He used his opinions and ethics against the laws and the people who were enforcing the laws, believing that it wouldn’t hurt anybody. It is not my place to call whether or not any of this was true. It was the court’s decision. And he did not let the court make their decision. I disagree with this. He broke a law, and he knew that he was breaking it. Anybody else who broke this law would have to be punished under normal circumstances. Not serving the punishment is basically just self preservation and in the person’s own self interest. If it was a special circumstance, then those who enforce the law would be able to make the call of whether or not he was in the right, since that is their area of

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