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Chapter 4: Rules humans create, live by, and break

Chapter references, resources, and additional reading

Chapter questions

  • List the five main places rules come from.
  • Consider the five main places rules come from, as laid out in the chapter. What do you think of them? Are some more important than others, and why? Are there categories you think should be added or removed and why?
  • In what ways are law just like rules, in what ways are they not?
  • In a democracy and free country, do citizens and residents have an ethical duty to follow criminal laws? Would the result be different for those living in an autocratic dictatorship?
  • Could it be ethical to peacefully protest a perceived injustice, even if that violates a minor law (e.g., failure to disperse, etc.)? Explain.
  • Could it be ethical to violently protest a perceived injustice, including through spitting on or assaulting police, or damaging private property or government property?
  • Could it be ethical for a law enforcement individual to violate a law to catch and convict a criminal?
  • Could it be ethical for an organization to break criminal laws to try catch a cybercriminal?

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Originally posted 10/31/2024.  Updated 10/31/2024.