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The Duty to Obey the Law
In Dennis Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 457–466 (2010)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: The Prima Facie Duty to Obey: A Brief History Implications of Catechistic Metaethics for the Duty of Obedience Implications of Commonalist Metaethics for the Duty of Obedience Conclusion References.
duty to obey the law disobedience being permissible ‐ when there is no independent moral reason to obey prima facie duty to obey ‐ contours of duty citizens, owing to state, dating back to Plato positive argument, against supposed general obligation to obey law implications of catechistic metaethics ‐ for duty of obedience framing moral principles for general adoption ‐ catechistic philosophers, diverse metaethical lot Mackie's book, Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong implications of commonalist metaethics for duty of obedience normative theorist, recognizing distinctive duty of obedience depending upon metaethics
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