Law = Rules that govern relationships to enable people to live together in freedom, safety and order. Protecting weak from oppression of strong. (State enforced)
Aquinas: If the law is not just, people have no duty to obey it. (Paternalistic)
St Paul: Leader of country comes from God - we shouldn't question their authority.
JS Mill: "The individual is not accountable to society for his actions" Do as you wish as long as it doesn't negatively impact society.
Kant: It might be right to disobey the law if it conflict with the CI.
Punishment = Intentional infliction of suffering to ensure laws are upheld.
Charles Colson: "They form voluntary restraints and inform conscience." Christian idea that punishment should be redemptive.
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