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    The justness of the commanded action, not the source of t... — Carmelics
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    Supports→One is not required to obey a state solely because the state has issued a command.

    The justness of the commanded action, not the source of the command, grounds the obligation to obey.

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    It is important to note that this view does not imply that one must never obey the state. It merely implies that one does not have content independent duties to obey the state and that the state does not have a right to rule. A reasonably just state will command one to do things that are reasonably just and in many cases one must obey those commands because they are just. What one is not required to do on the philosophical anarchist view is obey any state just because it has commanded one to do

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