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here are more sacred laws which must be obeyed than the laws of a particular society. In Thoreau's conception, a just government would never be in conflict with an individual's conscience (Furtak). I find this to be a wildly optimistic conception of government, however. Unfortunately, no government, no matter how just, will ever be able to satisfy the moral world-view of all of its citizens. There will always be individuals who disagree with certain laws. Allowing these in

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