Do we have a moral obligation to obey the law? How do we navigate the tensions between authority and personal morality? When – if ever – is breaking the law justified? In this episode, Just Cause co-director Juliette Marchant chats to Associate Professor Kevin Walton about the philosophical and ethical dimensions of legal obedience.
Kevin Walton is an Associate Professor in the Sydney Law School, President of the Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy and former director of the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney. He teaches and researches in legal philosophy. Among his particular interests are the methodology of jurisprudence and the moral obligations of citizens.