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  • Essay / Morality and Laws in Antigone by Sophocles - 530

    Morality and Laws in AntigoneA crucial question in Antigone is: "When someone makes a law that is known to the public to be morally wrong, should the public break its law ? ? Or should they collaborate with this person by obeying? Antigone felt that the law (no one was supposed to bury their brother Polyneicies) should be broken, so she took what she thought were appropriate measures. This is called civil disobedience. “Is civil disobedience morally and ethically correct? » The Nazis say one thing, and the Vietnam War veterans say one thing. The Nazis did not believe that civil disobedience was ethically or morally right, because of the inhumane acts committed against the Jews in the 1940s. Probably caused some Nazi officials to think about civil disobedience, after all, they were told to do a job and if they hadn't done it, they would have been killed, as Adolph Hitler showed the world, just because a stupid person thinks something is good, when it is not the case. That doesn't help matters. The Nazi officials draw a parallel with Ismene, because there is a law that they both knew was false, but they are so afraid to intervene that they just collaborate with her. Another parallel is that of the souls of the Jews and the Polynesians. The Jews were caught between civil servants, liberating nations and Adolf Hitler. Just like the soul of Polynices, caught between Creon, Antigone and Ismene. Additionally, they both had to endure extreme pain, torture and horror. Finally, the invading nations are comparable to Antigone in that they both fought the law in their time. Antigone fought to save her brother's spirit, and the invading nations fought to save the Jews. Civil disobedience is wrong even if it does not correspond to any religious belief, but for Christians, laws are established by governments, governments are established by God, so what can one oppose except one's own law of God? Laws are made for the safety or good of communities. If a law was passed making it illegal to stay out because of serial murders, how many would stay out late at night, not too many. A law was passed not to steal, how many people are arrested and convicted every week because they stole something. The laws are therefore in the interest of this area, and to enforce this law there must be a price to pay..