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Why Do We Obey?
Eric Peters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2012
The uniform – and other totems of officialized authority – confer legitimacy upon the illegitimate. It is a startling thing. It reveals that most people are incapable of grasping the concept of a moral principle – that something which is wrong when committed by an unsanctioned individual is just as wrong when committed by a sanctioned individual – or a group of them. If it is wrong to kill, then it is always wrong to kill. If it is wrong to steal, then it is always wrong to steal.
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