Intro The state gives us security decreases chaos In order for states to give us the benefits such as security we must limit what actions people can do cid 127 We can theoretically give our trust that the government holds power over people and that people can trust in the government Is there a reason not to obey the law beyond avoiding punishment Reasons for obeying the law Avoid punishment cid 127 We have agreed to obey the law by living in a society Agreements create obligations Reasons against obeying the law Self Impulses Conflict against convictions The question of why we should obey the law often comes up with the question of what gives legislature the power to make the laws cid 127 We can only be bound by an agreement that we ourselves have made as conscious human beings People give tacit consent to the government Tacit consent has characteristics Existence of a convention Knowledge Voluntariness Beran makes the argument that we know when a promise is binding or not binding A promise is not binding when it is coerced forced made out of deception cid 127 We can easily express our dissent with the law by explicitly stating that we do not agree to the law Beran makes the claim that while we may not all know the rules of a state or how to dissent against those rules but that we should know and have enough education to know the rules of a state cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127
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