Self-study
P1
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Most people's perspective ·
Moral duty to obey law because it's law; some rare exceptions
Philosophical anarchism (PA) ·
No moral duty to obey law just because it's law
Commentators' perspective ·
Reject PA because PA has 2 implications that are absurd
PA allegedly implies (1) all governments are morally equal, and (2) people are morally allowed to do whatever they want (kill people, commit fraud, etc.)
Rejection of commentator's perspective ·
PA does not have those 2 implications
P2
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Deny implication 1 ·
PA can hold that some governments are morally better than others
We can still evaluate morality of government policies/actions based on how much good and harm those policies/actions lead to.
P3
Deny implication 2 ·
PA doesn't have to think people can do whatever they want
People still have moral duties not to harm others (a duty that doesn't stem from law). Also, There's a moral duty to help others, which might justify supporting government policies/actions. And, there's a moral duty to follow laws if failing to follow them leads to harm.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
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The referenced text does not suggest that governmental efforts to help people are superfluous. In fact, the author says
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PAs believe that laws have no inherent moral force, but the author never suggests that they think that laws supporting the common good are rare. Instead, the
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The commentators argue that PA is inconsistent with certain widely held moral beliefs, since it implies that people are morally allowed to do whatever they want. The
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The commentators argue that PA implies that people are morally allowed to do whatever they want. The author disagrees with this, and he uses the
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