"Disobedience, when it is not criminally but morally, religiously, or politically motivated, is almost always a collective act, and it is justified by the values of the collectivity and the mutual engagements of its members."
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"The Obligation to Disobey," Ethics, Vol. 77, No. 3 (April 1967), p. 163
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