Hmm… yeah i guess, though it will be “against” the school, not the state. also it’s a democratic school, so it will probably be seen in a better light.
But yeah, it brings up again the ethical issue of whether such a website should only allow action that obey the law. I think this case of civil disobedience should be allowed, but do we want all civil disobedience to be allowed?
Maybe the spirit of this martin Luther king quote is right
“Any man who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail in order to arouse the conscience of the community on the injustice of the law is at that moment expressing the very highest respect for law”
Nod. I asked the question mostly just to clarify what you meant. But I do think it’s probably necessary for the tool to ban illegal things, if only because otherwise it’ll come under fire from governments.
I do feel like the ideal outcome is somehow “you can use to the tool to coordinate civil disobedience but only when it’s… ‘good’”, but I think it’d be both too hard a legal battle and also too hard to thread the needle of “not accidentally causing a bunch of weirdly bad outcomes.”
I do think “everyone shows up late for school every day until the policy changes” is probably fine.
With the start time thing, is the idea that students basically wage a civil disobedience campaign?
Hmm… yeah i guess, though it will be “against” the school, not the state. also it’s a democratic school, so it will probably be seen in a better light.
But yeah, it brings up again the ethical issue of whether such a website should only allow action that obey the law. I think this case of civil disobedience should be allowed, but do we want all civil disobedience to be allowed?
Maybe the spirit of this martin Luther king quote is right
Nod. I asked the question mostly just to clarify what you meant. But I do think it’s probably necessary for the tool to ban illegal things, if only because otherwise it’ll come under fire from governments.
I do feel like the ideal outcome is somehow “you can use to the tool to coordinate civil disobedience but only when it’s… ‘good’”, but I think it’d be both too hard a legal battle and also too hard to thread the needle of “not accidentally causing a bunch of weirdly bad outcomes.”
I do think “everyone shows up late for school every day until the policy changes” is probably fine.
The trick is, if enough people do it/do it for reasons the school’s administrator approves of, they don’t get in trouble.