Comment by darkerside
1 year ago
Lawful good. Or perhaps even lawful neutral?
What if I make sure to have a drink once a week for the summer with my 18 year old before they go to college because I want them to understand what it's like before they go binge with friends? Is that not ethical?
Speeding to the hospital in an emergency? Lying to Nazis to save a Jew?
Law and ethics are more correlated than some are saying here, but the map is not the territory, and it never will be.
There can be situations where someone's rights are more important than the law. In that case it's ethical to break the law. Speeding to the hospital and lying to Nazis are cases of that. The drinking with your 18 year old, I'm not sure, maybe.
My point though, is that in general, when there's not a right that outweighs the law, it's unethical to break the law.