Is there any moral obligation to obey the law of the land where you were born.?

[Enigma-lite]

Say you were born into the country where you now live, so you have never made any conscious choice to accept its laws. Say there is an issue where you think there is no moral reason not to act in a certain way other than the fact that the law of the land forbids it. Do you have a moral obligation to follow that law?

For example, if you were born in Jonathan Swift's Lilliput, where it was required to always break boiled eggs from the pointed end, would it be immoral to break boiled eggs from the rounded end?

[Mark G]

Read Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan - fascinating book. The minority accepts the will of the majority, in order to ensure the general peace of the whole. If we ignored the laws, we'd fall into anarchy, and we would rever to a state of war where every man fights every man for the means to live.

We have a moral obligation to avoid that.

[LillyB]

No, you are not morally bound to follow the law but you must be willing to face the consequence of following your own laws. Societies only hang together when the majority follow the rules.

[alan h]

There are occasions when it may be necessary to flout a law.
But:
Never do so just for personal reasons;
If someone is going to get hurt by it, make sure it is you;
Do not complain at the consequences, even if you do use any 'trial' as an opportunity to raise the issue.

[hoyeay]

Depends. Some people make stupid laws that don't hurt people so I personally would ignore those laws. But then you have the laws that could potentially save or harm people. Ex: Killing is a bad thing hence why there is a law so that law I can respect. But the law you mentioned about the egg... That is just down right stupid.
But you should follow what you believe and as long as it doesnt hurt anyone.

[The Joker]

The cornerstone of civilization is order, so if you believe that being a civilized culture is important, then yes you have a moral obligation to obey the law.

[Naturist Pete]

There are many laws which are stupid, unenforceable and without merit. In the UK that is probably 95% of the laws as there are tens of thousands if not millions of laws which are out of date and thousands more which should never have been made. So no is my answer.

[willy nelson]

no, you are legally obliged, but not morally

[Glenn]

You have no say in it, you must abide by the laws of the country you are in or face trouble.

Case in point is the asians who think their sharia laws are more appropriate to them than English law, load of crap! They must follow our laws or face prosecution. Lets be honest, you wouldn't want stoning for being unfaithful would you?

[Happy Man]

You are legally and morally obliged