ur view on this?

Question

Right and wrong?
under what cicumstances, if any, is one justified in disobeying the law? in other words.. what situation should make it right to break a law?

heres my answers: jay walking is against the law ... i think you should jay walk when you see a toddler unsupervised ... or see only a toddler without any sign of adult near teh child...across the street... it is to protect teh child from jumpin in the street

lets hear urs

Answer 1

Wow, what a huge question; what your asking is under what circumstances is it okay to disobey the law?
What you're referring to is known as Civil Disobedience. To quote joe.huffman.org,
"At what point would YOU decide to disobey the law if the laws and the government enforcing them depart from your beliefs in regard to morality? For example, would you have been willing to hide Jews in Germany in the late '30s? Would you be willing to take up arms and shoot at the Gestapo as they dragged the Jews who lived next door away? Or if the Gestapo (or what ever it might be called in your time and place) were about to drag you and your family away? Or help runaway slaves during the 1850's and early 1860's in the US? Or would you as a member of the US army fired upon Native American women and children after being ordered to? Or what if our government required everyone to have an electronic identification device imbedded in his or her skull? Or your SSN tattooed on your wrist? Or required that you (as a non-criminal -- until now) register with the police every time you left one jurisdiction and entered a new police jurisdiction (it could made easy with today's technology -- magnetic encoded credit card like badges at the county lines and town borders -- that sort of thing)? Or required that you show positive ID for every purchase you made (makes it hard to conceal your feeding the family of 'Jews' living in your attic). Or what if the police start making "routine checks" of your vehicles for drugs, politically incorrect weapons (the UK has outlawed many types of knifes), and other contraband? What about registration of your firearms? Confiscation of your firearms? Possession of more than X rounds of ammunition? Or what if the government required that you obtained permission before having a child? Or required that your child be taught a version of history that you believed was incorrect? Or prohibited you from viewing certain materials? Or prohibited you from criticizing the government? Or prohibited you from private meetings (a public "watchdog" must be in attendance and the entire meeting video taped) of more than X people? Or declared that mere possession of explosive components was a crime (never mind that kitchen flour can be made to explode)? Or a tax on singles/gays/non-whites/whatever? Or (il)legal abortion? There are people who believe abortion is murder. Is their claim that much different than believing Jews are human and qualified to enjoy the same rights as other humans even though the law claims they are not (US law on abortion, compared to 1939 German laws regarding people of Jewish descent)? Would you break the law to stop someone from having a legal abortion? Others claim abortion is a right. If abortion was illegal in your state or country would you help someone to obtain one in another state or country even if such action were against the law?"

Answer 2

The law regulates self-protection and the voluntary protection of others under a safe net when the law has been disobeyed. Not only are there ways that justify relinquishing responsibility for a crime there are ways to let your punishment not fit the crime.

For example, I am from a small town and meth and meth labs are really affecting this community. So if someone gets busted with a little amount of meth they might be released if they give up their dealer. Its a big game of he said/ the law said. Depending on this situation and motive/prof, the crap shoot can move into your favor.

Answer 3

well, there are plenty of circumstances where the common crowd would agree that breaking a law would be OK. For example, if a relative or loved one is in desperate need of the ER, it is Ok to speed like crazy to the hospital, as long as you don't make anyone else have to go the the ER as well.

However, Ithe basic solution to your final question is that the law must not be broken. Even in extreme urgency, the law stands. Luckily, however, many people, even including cops, are willing to let personal urgency sometimes slip by the law.

Answer 4

I think that rules were made to be broken to a reasonable limit. We all live in a civil disobedient society, and we are allowed to go a certain amount over the speed limit. If you got a ticket for jay walking, chances are that you will have to pay a fine, or if you go to court, the cop that issued you the ticket might not make it, which takes you off the hook.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

one situation is that if you see an unknown person in your house and you happened to have a gun and shot him, you wouldn't go to prison.