Is it ever be justifiable to break the law? Basically the question is would you break the law if it was for a good reason. For that I would say yes. Even though‚ laws are meant to maintain order in a citsatie. There’s certain sichwashions were it would be best for what is happing. For example if I person was hurt with as life threating wound‚ the driver might need to go faster than the speed limit to save the person’s life. Every mint could count for that person. Along with that they could run
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“If a law is unjust‚ a man is not only right to disobey it; he is obligated to do so.” Thomas Jefferson Assignment: Is it ever right to break a law? Law is an ancient procedure. It refers to a system of rules ‚ set by a society to maintain order and protect persons and property.With evolving time its procedure of implementation has varied. It is written by the legislators‚ enforced by the police and supported by the court and prison systems. Its smooth implementation depends upon the functioning
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Department’s ban on travel to Cuba; a teachers’ union threatens a strike even though a state law prohibits strikes by public employes; advocates of civil rights employ mass demonstrations of disobedience to the law to advance their cause; the Governor of a Southern state deliberately obstructs the enforcement of Federal laws‚ and declares himself thoroughly within his rights in doing so. Is It Ever Right to Break the Law? An observer can approve the motives that lead to some of these actions and disapprove
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Essay: Do you respect the law? Is it ever right to break the law? 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
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Justifiable to Break the Law? There were times in history when breaking the law was justified. I believe that if you could break the law you should. Great leaders like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr broke the law and changed the world for the better. Breaking the law is justifiable and acceptable when the law violates human rights and conscience. Certainly‚ rules are established for us to follow. However‚ we as human beings should be able to differentiate from right and wrong incase laws need to be
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many different reasons as to why people break the law. One reason I believe people break the law is to get a rush for being adventurous‚ or get an adrenaline rush. Some people are always down and feel like crap and to get themselves pumped up they possibly would break the law to feel alive for once. Some people break law because it may have been what they saw all there life while growing up. If you live in a family with very little and your parents or older siblings would break the law to care for
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Why do people break the law? That is a question we all ask all the time. There is no much doubt that some people break the law such as shoplifting out of desperation‚ especially when food is concerned. Yet the same crime also attracts the attention of organised gangs who steal to order and cost stores hundreds of millions each year and to gain respect and fear from the others. The same crime but carried for different motives; one for survival‚ the other to make as much money as possible for as little
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------------------------------------------------- B. REASONS FOR TRAFFIC LAWS ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Why do we need to keep traffic laws? ------------------------------------------------- -Safety ------------------------------------------------- -Common Understanding ------------------------------------------------- -Order and movement in traffic ------------------------------------------------- The most obvious
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conflict over who rightfully is king of Thebes. With both of the possible heirs to the throne their uncle Creon is king of Thebes. Creon passed a law stating that giving Polynices a proper burial was illegal. Creon stated that “proclamation has forbidden to dignify him with the burial‚ morning him at all” (Sophocles‚ 1109‚ 228). The reason for this law is that Polynices shared the throne with his brother for years but since he wanted the kingdom for himself he fought his brother. This lead to both
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don’t want to end up in jail‚ or simply because the law says so? These could be reasons for someone to think it is alright to break the law‚ but whether or not it is the morally right decision depends on the individual‚ their personal experiences‚ their capability to decide between right and wrong and possibly their belief in ethical codes of conduct. A general obligation would leave you with the possibility of justifying specific breaches of the law‚ such as driving above the speed limit to get a sick
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