Our natural duty to uphold just institutions binds us to comply with unjust laws and policies, or at least not to oppose them by illegal means as long as they do not exceed certain limits of injustice.
- John Rawls, A Theory of Justice
our God-given duty to submit to the state binds us to comply with laws and policies which permit evil, or at least not to oppose them by illegal means as long as they do not prescribe evil.
link: permitting vs prescribing (8 feb 09)
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