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/ j+ @, S4 }6 |" y. m k: g9 q17. "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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有两种法律:公正的和不公正的。每个社会成员都有责任遵守公正的法律,但是更重要的是,更应该不遵守和反抗不公正的法律。
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8 x1 |& f! ?- m1. First, whether a law is just or unjust is rarely a straightforward issue. The fairness of any law depends on one’s personal value system.
7 H/ @+ s b' q" k5 w/ z( D; Z+ j2. The fairness of a law also depends on one’s personal interest, or stake, in the legal issue at hand.
8 }' ^. k$ Q: t+ n$ X9 W3. Disobeying unjust laws often has the opposite effect of what was intended or hoped for.
6 V3 E9 v( X7 @5 N4. By justifying a violation of one sort of law we find ourselves on a slippery slope toward sanctioning all types of illegal behavior, including egregious criminal conduct.
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19. "If a society is to thrive, it must put its own overall success before the well-being of its individual citizens." 4 E ~* \8 H8 E9 C! F% r9 R; j
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如果一个社会要繁荣就必须将社会整体的成败置于单个社会成员的幸福之上。
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4 I3 f* C( H" _( f% T! @1. The society is made up of individual citizens; therefore, the development of individual citizens is crucial for the development of the whole society.
0 H) Q0 q* n4 a3 b* n/ e; e( u2. A society that ignores the well being of individual citizens is bound to end up in social turmoil or revolution.
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