Editorialist: In all cultures, it is almost universally accepted that one has a moral duty to prevent members of one' s family from being harmed  Thus, few would deny that if a person is known by the person' s parents to be falsely accused of a crime, it would be morally right for the parents to hide the accused from the police
Hence, it is also likely to be widely accepted that it is sometimes morally right to obstruct the police in their work
fails to consider the possibility that other moral principles would be widely recognized as overriding any obligation to protect a family member from harm