Throughout the world today, all citizens have a lot of duties to respect but the most important is to respect the law. However, we can ask ourselves if we always respect the law. And more importantly, if we break it, is it ever right? To answer these questions, we’re going first to examine what “respect the law” means, then consider if breaking the law is always justified or not, and finally, find a compromise for just actions.
Respecting the law is rarely questioned because since childhood, we are told that following the rules is right but fighting or killing someone is wrong. So for us, it’s something extremely normal. Nevertheless, …show more content…
In this way, we may struggle between following the law or our own values. Respecting the law is synonymous with not breaking it, even if we disagree. Moreover, it’s not always pleasant in everyday life, like when we have to pay a fine for causing a parking obstruction; we do it and get over it because inside us we know that if some rules are established it’s for our own good and safety. We know from history that when social policy is not fixed, the society can fall apart and end up in anarchy.
So regardless of where you come from, respecting the law is considered mandatory. If anyone could choose the laws that he wants to break and the ones he wants to follow, we could not set the society up. Respecting the law is taught to us since childhood but sometimes, we break the law when we shouldn’t. So when is it right?
Previously we saw that following the rules is compulsory but sometimes, to be consistent with our …show more content…
To sum up, breaking laws is not right because social equality means we all must respect the same laws.
However, we’re human, so sometimes we make mistakes and in some cases, breaking the law is the only solution. How can we make it right?
The answer to the problem is quite simple. We have to be rational, to balance the pros and the cons in order to make the best decision. If there is no need to break the law, what’s the point of doing it? But if it deals with an important matter then, you “can” break it if it doesn’t put a life in danger. On the other hand, if it’s a question of revenge or murderous rage, we should let justice deal with it because we’ll act irrationally.
Even if sometimes the punishment is not what we hoped for, it’s better than doing something by yourself that you might regret in the end, or that might haunt you for the rest of your