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What does it mean?
The speaker advises prioritizing personal conscience over laws deemed immoral.
In plain terms
Do not follow laws that your conscience tells you are wrong.
What can you take from it?
Moral conscience should override unjust laws.

Where it applies

  • civil disobedience
  • ethical dilemmas
  • political dissent

Putting it to work

  • activism
  • ethical decision-making
  • legal reform

Questions to consider

  • What makes a law immoral?
  • When do you disobey?

Another view

It does not address consequences of breaking laws.

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