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Do you have a moral duty to pay taxes?

  • Written by Brookes Brown, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Law, Liberty, & Justice Program., Clemson University
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It’s tax season. Americans will pay an average of US$10,489 in personal taxes – about 14 percent of the average household’s total income.

Most will do so because they think it is their civic duty. Many believe they are morally obliged to obey the law and...

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