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Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by gruez on Saturday September 17, 2022 @02:28PM (#32879944)
I'm not claiming that the objections are of equal merit, but a moral/legal system is clearly not going to work on a societal level if it's just going to be "it's fine to disregard the legal system if you think there's a good reason for it".
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Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by a_shovel on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:06PM (#32881067)
A moral system that doesn't allow one to break the law for any reason, no matter how good the reason is, can hardly be called a moral system at all. Obedience to the state is not a functional moral code.
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Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by gruez on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:50PM (#32881454)
>Obedience to the state is not a functional moral code.

What's your bar for "functional moral code"? More importantly, what makes you think the alternative (ie. "it's okay to break laws if you think there's a Really Good Reason for it") is functional?

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