Anti-authoritarianism
A belief system that opposes authoritarianism, which is a form of social organization that favors obedience to authority. Anti-authoritarians often believe in civil liberties and equality before the law.
Aka I will live a moral life even if it is illegal.
This is fine if everyone is decent and righteous, but sadly many people aren’t. There are lots of people who will happily steal, commit arson, kill etc etc. You need some system in place to handle this. You may think some laws bad or absurd, and indeed there have always been some terrible laws, but a system without any laws at all is totally dependent on the benevolence of individual agents. Once a society reaches a certain size, this tends to go a bit awry.
Anti-authoritarianism A belief system that opposes authoritarianism, which is a form of social organization that favors obedience to authority. Anti-authoritarians often believe in civil liberties and equality before the law.
Aka I will live a moral life even if it is illegal.
This is fine if everyone is decent and righteous, but sadly many people aren’t. There are lots of people who will happily steal, commit arson, kill etc etc. You need some system in place to handle this. You may think some laws bad or absurd, and indeed there have always been some terrible laws, but a system without any laws at all is totally dependent on the benevolence of individual agents. Once a society reaches a certain size, this tends to go a bit awry.
You’re literally missing the forest for the trees.
I’m not saying that enforcement systems are not required. I’m saying question authority and that it’s ok to not follow unjust law.