Some time ago, I can't put a finger on the exact moment, I went from believing I have a right to resist evil, to believing I have an obligation to do so. It took me a long time to get there though. There's a whole post in that story, but it came down to realizing that if I didn't stand up and at least try to do something, how could I expect anyone else to?
This post comes at an opportune moment. The next section(s) of Towards Voluntaryism deal with the right, present in the USA, to perform a citizen's arrest. I will resteem this to my feed as a primer, thank you for writing it.
And who can do something about evil? We all can. The belief that "anyone who gets in the way of central authorities and their attempt to enforce justice, is obstructing justice," is definitely a problem. An additional problem at this point is that enforcing the law is not the same as enforcing justice, and many can't tell the difference. But that too is a post unto itself.
This post by @dwinblood is a great companion to this post: When you hear someone say "Don't be evil" did they define evil?.
Exactly! Caring for others also involved caring for ourselves through the golden rule and reciprocal cooperation. It's automatically developed as we experience life and see how things work. This is how being "selfish" in Randian terms is accurate. Self-concern is coupled with other-concern in reasonable rationalization throughout life.
Yeah "legal law" is not the same as justice in moral law, as I see it, not sure if that's what you were getting at ;)
I put up the next installment of Towards Voluntaryism I mentioned above. May interest you.
This is related to my favorite quote. "He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." We definitely have a duty to stand up and act when we are able.