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- 1Is it ever justifiable to break the law?To understand if it is ever justifiable to break the law we must understand why laws were implemented in the first place. Summarised, laws are utilised to protect other people’s liberties and rights whilst restraining ours, an example of this would be you assaulting a member of the public, thereby restricting their right to not experience torture or inhumane treatment. However, your right to freedom now gets infringed upon because of the consequences you now face.
- 2Is it ever justifiable to break the law?Due to my belief in this, I believe it’s only justifiable to break the law when the laws are unjust, this is because the breaking of unjust laws leads to social development since all laws are derived from social expectations of what is moral and ethical. Do you believe even now that all laws are just and in the public’s interest? Rosa Parks demonstrated this in 1955 when she continued to remain in her seat although it was her legal duty to surrender her seat to another passenger of another race. This sparked the American civil rights movement which later reduced racial inequality in America.
- 3Is it ever justifiable to break the law?If it weren’t for the breaking of laws many argue even the suffragettes wouldn’t have been as successful as they were and social development in many countries wouldn’t be at the point they are now. However, this is controversial as although Rosa Parks broke laws of that time peacefully, the suffragettes in some cases didn’t, and others were harmed for instance in Dundee, 4 postmen were severely injured by the acid that was left in post-boxes as well as the numerous accounts of arson during this period. Laws are put in place for a reason to act as a deterrent for criminals and restrict harmful activities which result in casualties
- 4Is it ever justifiable to break the law?This presents a conundrum, when does the end justify the means and where do we draw the line, to complicate this problem further its subjective. You may believe it’s okay to scar innocent people in exchange for the vote for women, it is for the greater good, but others may not. This is where laws come into play and simplify this as they provide boundaries, it’s also why peaceful protests are permitted in the UK.
- 5Is it ever justifiable to break the law?In addition to this I believe its justifiable to break the law if following the law leads to greater harm than breaking it. Edward Snowden illustrated this in 2013 when he leaked US spy programmes after discovering them whilst employed for the NSA. The programmes illegally collected data from innocent people and was used for the collection of illegal surveillance footage.
- 6Is it ever justifiable to break the law?However, legislation such as The Espionage act made it illegal to expose such programmes, but Snowden believed it was his civic duty to notify the public of what was occurring. If Snowden’s actions hadn’t had materialized laws surrounding privacy and data collection wouldn’t have changed. Due to this I believe Snowden’s actions are justified as what he did has led to less harm being imposed on companies and people as a whole.
- 7Is it ever justifiable to break the law?Despite this the same problem persists as what one person may believe as justification to break the law isn’t adequate enough for another. Once the spy programmes were leaked both the USA and the UK had a threat to national security and diplomatic relationships were affected.
- 8Is it ever justifiable to break the law?I think the breaking of laws can only be justified by your own social integrity and what you perceive as right and what you perceive as wrong whether you can prove that to the court is irrelevant since legislation can change in time, but your actions cannot. In conclusion I believe it’s only ever justifiable to break the law if in that moment it is a hinderance to what is socially and morally acceptable.
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- FlashCards sobre English, criado por Mithiran Sivapalan em 18-06-2018.
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- Mithiran Sivapalan · jun 2018
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