What is a situation where there is a choice to be made between the law and morals?

Anything from movies or literature would be great. EX: In the novel the adventures of huckleberry finn, huck has the choice to turn in his friend whos a runaway slave because it is the law and if he doesnt obey the law he was told he'd go to hell. He then decides that he will go to hell and not turn in his friend. This was a choice of morals rather than the law.

H.G. Wells' Time Machine shows a good example when the Time Traveler defies the Morlocks - whose word is law - because it is the right and moral thing to do.

In Jane Eyre, though it's not the choice between LAW and morality, Jane does defy her own inclinations and obey the moral code by leaving Mr. Rochester.

You could see an example of this in the non-fiction book The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. The ten Boom family defied the law (of the Nazi's) that made sheltering, aiding and abetting Jewish people against the law. They did what was morally right by saving as many Jewish people as they could and ended up going to concentration camps themselves.

There are tons in Harry Potter. For example, in Prisoner of Azkaban, they (Hermione and Harry) saved Buckbeak because he did nothing wrong, and Sirius, too. Those two went into hiding together.

The Death Penalty is a good one.

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Fahrenheit 451: Montag decides to read and distribute books in search of a greater truth despite the illegality of them.

The law is a guide line, morals is the life line. laws of society can change but moral laws of conduct can save a life.