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发表于 2010-2-27 12:48:17
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TOPIC: ISSUE17 - "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."
The complex laws determine that human will hardly distinguish whether a law is just or not. However, no matter whether a law is just or not, we should obey until emerging a better one to replace it. So I agree the speaker's former claim but oppose the latter one.
To begin with, we should obey the just laws undoubtedly that can be judged at the first glance. Clearly, these laws have applied in real world and certified its correctness. Moreover, they become the living standards of majority people so that anyone offended these laws should be punished in the people's subconscious. A telling example is the revenue law of nation. In order to sure the development of society in a high speed, the sufficient money which most come from tax is necessary. Any acts of tax evasion and tax fraud are unacceptable.
As a member in society, to obey the just laws is irrefutable.
Furthermore, to some extent, how to define the "just" law by an individual determines by his personal characters, an out look on life and the ability to judge external things. Accordingly, the "just" law will be always just to everyone. The laws and regulations on environmental protection are questioned by many factories and enterprise because of these laws have added their cost out of budget and reduced profits. On the other hand, as a powerful tool, these laws will help the government to solve the environmental problems in a easy way and appeal the people's requirement that want to live in a comfortable place which without air-pollution,
without dirty water and noise. In view of factories' owner, the environmental laws are unjust, should we repeal them? Certainly not, because of the just laws always keep pace with the demand of the majority people.
However, not all the laws are just the same to not all men are sagacious. For the limited ability of leader and law-maker or in order to balance many factors, the unjust laws always exist in any society. But people should attempt to accept it rather than to resist it before there is a better one to replace For example, in the early age of American, slavery is a cruel law for the black people which have no freedom. Just for the unrighteous law, our predecessors have a strong desire to build a new free and equal law to instead the current bad one. So the American Civil War broke out and freed the black from the restriction in the end. However, this extreme action have gain succeed but not mean that we should disobey the unjust without carefully consideration. If there is no a better laws to replace it, to disobey the unjust law is unreasonable.
In sum, it is impossible that all the laws are just because of the limited ability of the law-makers and so many effects must be considered in it. Therefore, to obey the just laws is beyond doubt, whereas keeping the unjust laws is reasonable choice before there is a better one to replace it.
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