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Moral Law vs. Civil Law in Antigone
In the case of Antigone versus the state, she chose to follow moral
law, or God's law if you will. Ultimately she felt that His law was right,
and the civil government had no right to say who does and who does not
have the right to a proper burial. People make decisions everyday in
accordance with God's laws or the governments laws. They make a choice
between the t ....
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he gave his life for it. Creon, being closed minded, lashed out before
taking the time to weight the circumstances, and being so hasty in his
decision suffered an even greater consequence than that of Antigone, in the
end. He refused to listen even after Teiresias warned him by saying, "The
sun won't run its course for many days before you have to repay a corpse
of your own..." Antigone performed God's will, and Creon tried to stand
in the way, thinking o ....
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