civil vs moral

Title: civil vs moral
Category: Literature / English
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civil vs moral

“Civil Law vs. Moral law” In Sophocles’ play “Antigone”, Antigone’s life is taken from her because of her choice to follow the moral law by burying her brother and disobeying the civil law, which forbid this. According to the gods everyone is entitled to the proper burial. Everyone has a right to be put to peace upon his or her death. Creon enforced an edict (the civil law) that Polyneices is not entitled to …showed first 75 words of 380 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 380 total…man. Creon commits the sin of blasphemy, by claiming that the gods do not give a damn about Polyneices body. [p. 203] Creon believes that he is just in sentencing Antigone to death because she did not follow the civil law; however, she was following the more powerful law divine law. Due to the fact that Antigone had a stronger desire for following the moral law, Creon who enforced the civil law sentenced her to death.

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