Author
PhD in International Law, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
One central issue in philosophy of law is "respect to law": what arguments can be given, under normal circumstances, to justify obeying the law and conversely, are there any circumstances under which we are morally justified in disobeying? Typically, reading of Plato’s views includes an authoritarian and unquestionable obedience to law which are deprived of reasonable foundation. In this essay, the author criticizes cited interpretations and will try to investigate the authority of law from a virtue ethical perspective. In this recent view, citizens obey the law simply because it helps them to gain moral virtues. In those cases whereby citizens can’t construct a dialogue with law, they have civil disobedience option.
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