Source: Law & Liberty
by Charles F Capps
“Do people have a moral obligation to obey the law simply because it is the law? If you come to a red light and have a clear view in all directions with no cars in sight, do you have a moral obligation to stop? Questions like this have long divided philosophers of law. In The Nature of Law: Authority, Obligation, and the Common Good, Daniel Mark defends the traditional natural law position that law’s connection to the common good generates a defeasible moral obligation to obey the law.” (07/17/25)