Obedience?

Is it a virtue? If so, what kind of virtue? A religious virtue? A domestic virtue? A political virtue--in a democracy? Under what conditions?

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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