Katie, my wife's sister-in-law is very much involved in Catholicism (she would be a priest if the religion would allow it). I asked about her thoughts on when it was morally justified to disobey the law. Again it was vague on the when and specific on the non-violence.
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; Robert Henderson wonders if political disobedience is ever justified ... When is it reasonable to disobey the law?; There is a lesson from the past. In the 12th Century, there was developed the doctrine of "rightful tyrannicide", the ultimate in direct action.
www.sovereignty.org.uk/features/activistinf/daction.htm... www.sovereignty.org.uk/features/activistinf/daction.html
Socrates makes this objection to Crito who is encouraging him to disobey the law by escaping from prison before he is executed. ... In the normative version, one notes that if disobedience is justified for one group whose moral beliefs condemn the law, then it is justified for any group similarly situated, which is a recipe...
www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/civ-dis.htm
WASHINGTON -- Federal officials have disobeyed at least six new laws that President Bush challenged in his signing statements, a government study disclosed yesterday. The report provides the first evidence that the government may have acted on claims by Bush that he can set aside laws under his executive powers.
www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/06/... www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/06/19/us_agencies_disobey_6_laws_that_president_challenged/
WASHINGTON -- President Bush this week asserted that he has the executive authority to disobey a new law in which Congress has set minimum qualifications for future heads of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ... Congress passed the law last week as a response to FEMA's poor handling of Hurricane Katrina.
www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/10/... www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/10/06/bush_cites_authority_to_bypass_fema_law/
In December, McCain, when asked if he would authorize illegal wiretapping, said the President should not disobey “any law“: ... McCAIN: I don’t think the president has the right to disobey any law.
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Yes. If the evil produced by a law out weighs the evil of breaking it, then we must disobey that unjust law. ... The government's laws are necessarily blind to right and wrong. If they were not, it would not be possible for the law to be fairly and efficiently executed. If the intent of a law was always to considered,
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"It is a sin for the Church to discriminate against women and blame God for it," she declared. "In obedience to the Gospel of Jesus, I will disobey this unjust law."
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"It is a sin for the Church to discriminate against women and blame God for it," she declared. "In obedience to the Gospel of Jesus, I will disobey this unjust law."
www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/31/women_priests/
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Rawls believed that the state is justified on the grounds that it is an effective means of Page 3 of 7 Should We Ever Disobey The Law? Stephen Grant Richmond Journal of Philosophy 14 (Spring 2007) communities regulating the conduct of their members in accordance with the demands of reason.
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