ipl-logo

Why Is Breaking The Law A Good Thing

505 Words3 Pages

Is breaking the law a good thing? If not then why should civil disobedience be considered a “good thing”. People are arguing that civil disobedience is a good thing but it’s not because it breaks the law and there are reasons why there are laws for people to follow. I believe that civil disobedience is a bad thing because it weakens the power of the government over the people and it makes people think they can do whatever they want.

If in civil disobedience the person doing accepts the punishment, it will encourage people to start breaking laws just make a point when there are various and better ways to make a point. Breaking laws will do nothing for what people want because it will just get the government mad and they will make different laws and make worse punishments for the people, therefore not helping a free society. The act of civil disobedience demonstrates selfishness by a person or group of people. By breaking a law it shows that people will do anything to get what they want even if it doesn’t benefit anyone but themselves. Also for thing a person is fighting for or trying to prove there are opposite views on that idea. So people don’t considerate that what they are fighting for can affect others in a negative way. People naturally care for what’s best for themselves and that’s why we have a democracy, so by using civil disobedience it could potentially harm or democracy. …show more content…

In our government there are set laws to keep society functioning but if people continually break laws to prove a point then It will hurt of government and hurt the “free society” we have now because of how the government will have to take away rights to prevent laws from

Open Document