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What does it mean?
Personal conscience should override legal technicalities.
In plain terms
Do what is right, not just what is allowed.
What can you take from it?
Ethics matter more than legality.

Where it applies

  • professional dilemmas
  • personal choices
  • civic duty

Putting it to work

  • prioritize ethics
  • question regulations

Questions to consider

  • When is breaking the law right?
  • Who defines justice?

Another view

It may create conflict with actual laws.

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