Document Type
Article
Repository Date
2010
Keywords
Socrates, estoppel, law and ethics, ethical obligation to obey law
Subject Categories
Ethics in Religion | Law | Legal History
Abstract
Do we have an obligation to obey any law, no matter how unjust or evil, provided only that it is in fact a valid rule of the legal system in which we happen to be physically located? Reassessment of the relation between law and ethics justifies a new look at the classic statement of legal obligation: the death of Socrates found in the dialogues of Plato. Three possible bases for an ethical obligation to obey the law are examined.
Repository Citation
D'Amato, Anthony, "Obligation to Obey the Law: A Study of the Death of Socrates" (2010). Faculty Working Papers. 111.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/facultyworkingpapers/111
