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Originally Posted by UKHaiku
I'll admit I'm slightly unorthodox in my views, but I'm also happy to debate the ethics of them....
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Well actually IMHO its extremly in accordance to theories of ethics.
"""Always act according to that maxim whose universality as a law you can at the same time will""" - Immanuel Kant
Now you can spawn a whole discussion if blindly following laws whatevery they are should be a maxim and Kant himself wrote some words about that issue (as private vs. public use of rationality). I for one am confident that following laws, just becase its the law, is not maxim I want as universal law, as for example an ethical soldier living under an evil dictatorship should realize what they do is wrong and act contrary to their orders.