If it were three a.m. and I was extremely ill and driving alone, heading to the emergency room I would indeed ignore an stop lights that were red if there were nobody else around to see it. I would do so on the principle of unjust laws. I believe that a majority of the people would agree with me that it is unjust for me to risk my life and stop at every red light in the middle of the night. When I can run the lights and get to the hospital faster where doctors can save my life. I believe that a majority of people would agree that if there is nobody else around and I have the opportunity to get to the hospital faster by running red lights that I would be justified in doing so. If someone is dying in an ambulance, the ambulance would not have to stop at any red lights. This is because the person being transported to the hospital could potentially die every second they don’t receive treatment from professionals. …show more content…
Plato believes that certain laws are unjust laws and do not have to be followed when a majority of the people agree that it is also unjust. Plato’s resolve is the same as the resolve I agree with and that is if the law constrains some part of a person’s wellbeing or it could potentially threaten their lives then a majority of people would agree that it is ok to break the rules and make sure that you will be ok in the long run. So Plato would run the red light in order to get to the hospital faster so that he could save his own life. And a majority of people would not have a problem with