How would a deontologist respond to the fact that human rights advocates often peacefully protest or even break civil laws that they think are unjust? phi 208?

I believe the answer is: The advocates’ actions are moral because sometimes there are duties and moral laws higher than those prescribed by civil law.

Civil law tend to created based on what is generally accepted by people at the time it's created. Because of this, many civil laws that is made in the past might be seen as unjust in society today. For example, the civil laws in the past only give the right to vote in the election to Men.

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