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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
I believe that 'it's illegal' isn't (alone) a good enough reason to avoid doing something. CMV!

I've had this discussion a few times in various contexts lately, but basically I believe when one is deciding whether or not to commit a certain act, they should pay little credence to its legality (assuming they think they can get away with it or that risk of punishment is small enough) and should instead decide to proceed based on their own sense of morality.

I don't believe that one should ever respect laws for their own sake, and so you shouldn't ever feel guilt JUST for breaking them.

I know this might seem to give some 'wriggle room' for sociopaths and other deviants (or just less nice people) but then I'm not convinced that immoral people are particularly persuaded by legality anyway.

This topic has come up when talking about the following subjects IRL:

* Drug  consumption
* Speeding
* Whistle-blowing
* Small-scale 'fraud' (eg wriggling out of an overdue bill)
* Parking in the disabled bay

So I'm curious to see if Reddit can convince me of the inherent value of laws any better than my peers!
gpt
Did you ever consider the argument that whoever wrote the law may have been more informed than you are? You might not know why an act should be prohibited, but that doesn't mean a reason does not exist. All it means is that you may be ignorant of that reason.