Phil Schuyler
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Obey the government, for God is the one who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power. So those who refuse to obey the laws of the land are refusing to obey God, ...
- Romans 13 NCV;NKJV - Christians Should Obey the Law - All of ...
Christians Should Obey the Law. 13 All of you must yield to...
- Romans 13 NCV;NKJV - Christians Should Obey the Law - All of ...
Oct 16, 2018 · What is it to obey the law? What is it to disobey? Philosophers have paid little attention to these questions. Yet the concepts of obedience and disobedience have long grounded many perennial debates in moral, legal, and political philosophy. In this essay, I develop systematic accounts of each concept.
- Michael Sevel
- 2018
- Romans 13:1-5 ESV / 560 helpful votes. Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
- Titus 3:1 ESV / 515 helpful votes. Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
- Romans 2:13 ESV / 477 helpful votes. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
- 1 Peter 2:13-17 ESV / 361 helpful votes. Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
- What Is Political Obligation?
- The Argument from Fair Play
- Against Political Obligation?
- Civil Disobedience
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To have a political obligation is to have a moral duty to obey the laws and support the institutions of one’s political community. In fact, I think political obligations are a broader category of duties than strictly legal obligations. The two can come apart. For example, I might have a legal obligation to pay tax in a deeply corrupt state, but not...
The question of the duty to obey the law is an old question and the subject of one of Plato’s most famous early Socratic dialogues. In the Crito, Socrates engages in an intense conversation with his followers about whether or not he should flee the city that has just condemned him to death. In the end, he decides he should not, mainly because he fe...
This debate continues to rage on the pages of political philosophy journals and blogs. But it remains a critical issue too for contemporary politics, where people disagree vehemently about significant political, social and economic issues. If we really don’t see our community as bound by laws that enable us to cooperate together in a mutually benef...
So the Prime Minister and his colleagues have overstated the case that in suggesting there might be times when disobeying unjust laws is justified, McManus is somehow advocating chaos. As a civil libertarian he should know better. And yet McManus needs to understand that the grounds for civil disobedience must be carefully considered. It is a condi...
A philosophical exploration of the moral duty to obey the law and the state, with reference to Plato, Socrates and Martin Luther King. The article examines the arguments from fair play, consent and natural duties, and the conditions for civil disobedience.
Jan 13, 2015 · Professor Richard McAdams explores two theories of how the law works expressively: by allowing people to coordinate and by signaling new information and beliefs. He also discusses the limits of these theories and the role of sanctions and legitimacy in compliance.
Jan 15, 2015 · A legal scholar explores how the law works beyond deterrence and legitimacy, through coordination and signaling. Learn how the law influences people's behavior and attitudes through focal points, smoking bans, and other examples.
Christians Should Obey the Law. 13 All of you must yield to the government rulers. No one rules unless God has given him the power to rule, and no one rules now without that power from God. 2 So those who are against the government are really against what God has commanded.
