OBEDIENCE to Tyrants due to Moral Obligation

A refusal to cooperate is all that is needed to render a Fascistic regime powerless. Moral obligation is the belief that an act is one prescribed by a persons set of values. It is also a duty, which one owes, and which one ought to perform, but is not legally bound to fulfill. Moral obligation (or the “common good of society”) comes from the assumption that “the laws protect all citizens,” people sometimes feel a moral obligation to obey even the most hated tyrants because they want to “maintain order” and feel that the “laws are made for people to respect them”… [read more]