OBLIGATION TO OBEY THE LAW: A STUDY OF THE DEATH OF SOCRATES, by
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Do we have an obligation to obey any law, no matter how unjust or evil, provided only that it is in fact a valid rule of the legal system in which we happen to be physically located? The attention given to this problem in recent years as a result of controversies over civil disobedience and post-Watergate reassessment of the relation between law and ethics justifies a new look at the classic statement of legal obligation: the death of Socrates found in the dialogues of Plato. [FN1] Although often cited, Plato's account has rarely been the subject of critical scrutiny. [FN2] Yet the death of Socrates presents the moral dilemma of civil disobedience in the starkest possible situation and suggests a helpful structure for consideration of the ethical bases of one's obedience to the law.
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