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作者：寄托家园作文版普通用户 共用时间：36分17秒 605 words
从2004年11月14日10时6分到2004年11月14日10时36分
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There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and, even more importantly, to disobey and resist unjust laws.
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In modern society, most countries have their own laws, which are established to be a standard of behavior that every citizen has a responsibility to obey. In objective perspective, most laws are fair and only few are unfair, for the reason that these laws apply to everyone fairly. In my opinion, the reason why there are just and unjust laws is that when people judge something, he or she always take some subjective factors, such as emotion, morality, belief and so on, which is inevitable. Therefore, the speaker's assertion that we should disobey all unjust laws is harmful and unviable, but it is necessary to resist indeed unjust law through proper process.
To begin with, whether laws are just or unjust is mostly determined by individual's subjective views, such as emotion, morality, ethics, status, belief and so forth. Different views result in different perspectives. As an example, abortion is one of the most controversial facts. In someone's view, abortion is justifiable because the infants' parents have no ability to raise him or her, or there are some other reasons. However, Buddhists do not think so. They consider this behavior as murder. The fact is that abortion is legitimate for some people in most countries. Then for this law, there are two types of perspectives. Another example is about tax. Since various states prescribe different personal tax, it is very likely that a man feels that the law in his state is unjust, as the personal tax in neighboring state is lower. The two examples illustrate that whether laws are just or unjust is largely decided by individual's subjective factors.
In addition, the speaker's assertion that we should disobey all unjust laws is extreme and viable. Anyone who disobeys laws will be punished; otherwise, the law is unjust for others and will become futile. This would lead to a chaos, which harm the whole society to a great extent. For instance, using cell phone while driving is forbidden by laws. Many people think that it is very inconvenient sometimes and they may lose something important if they cannot communicate with someone else at particular time. Then this is a unjust law for them. However, if they had disobeyed the law, they would be punished. It is entirely possible that everyone will use cell phone while driving in any situation. Thus the rate of accidents will increase. Since laws are established on the basis of fairness, disobeying laws means challenge the equal right of others--that is, it is unjust for any other, therefore, anyone who disobey laws should be castigated. If we thought that murder someone is reasonable, and everyone had disobey the law, I cannot image what would happen.
Admittedly, indeed there are some laws that are unjust, for the reason that these laws may be not apt to current situation or because of neglect of legislators. In such cases, it is necessary for every individual to resist these laws, because these laws may only serve to minority's benefits and harm the benefits of public. The best way is to appeal legislators' attention and regard, and to revise or repeal these laws through legitimate process. Any insensible behavior to disobey is foolish.
In conclusion, with the advance of the society, legislators is revising and perfecting the law system constantly. Objective unjust laws are few and will be fewer and fewer. We should not judge a law with our subjective perspectives. Even if there are unjust laws, disobeying is foolish. We should go through legitimate process to resist these laws in order to revise or repeal these laws. Then our society will be better and better.作者: Rikku 时间: 2004-12-15 09:06:43