Topic: Break The Rules For A Larger Purpose

There may come a time when breaking the law or breaking a rule may have some moral justification. Breaking the rules can have a larger purpose when breaking the rules can bring about a more moral and just world. The key question in breaking a rule for a larger purpose is the nature of the purpose. Breaking the rules for a larger purpose is often termed "civil disobedience." Great changes in the world order have been recorded when people were willing to break the law or violate a rule to effect a positive change in the laws in place at the time. Social injustice is often brought to an end when people are willing to break the law on purpose, with the purpose being a change in the social fabric fostering the injustice. However, some people break the law, not for a larger purpose, but for a smaller purpose…for the smaller purpose of getting a selfish want or need met. However, it makes no difference whether the purpose of breaking the rules or the law is for social change, there is still a penalty for breaking the rules or the law until the society in which the social injustice takes place decides to rid itself of the injustice. Civil disobedience can be a curse on a society and lead to social chaos accomplishing nothing. Civil disobedience can lead to the death of human beings, tragically in great numbers.

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