Are we morally obliged to obey unjust laws? Do we have to follow a law regardless of how unfair, unjust, or immoral it may be? ... An unjust law according to Dr. ... How can it be best to sit in the face of an unjust law? ... The time is always right to break an unjust law....
This refers to people that break a law that they think is unjust, that only do this to bring the unjust law to light so everyone can see how unjust the law really is. ... Both authors see the right for change in unjust laws but Thoreau believes that action on a large scale is the right way to go. ... Some people think that if there is an unjust law it is part of the necessary friction if the machine of government. Thoreau says that if you think the law is unjust then let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. ... Both ways will bring the unjust law or laws to the light of the...
After the law was passed, there began to be a rapid spread of states adopting the Three Strikes law. ... To understand the consequences of Three Strike law, it is important to know the purpose for states adopting the law and particulars about Three Strikes law. ... However, when punishments are disproportionately and unjustly severe you get the exact opposite. ... After the law was passed, there began to be a quick spread of states adopting the Three Strikes law. ... Also, the sentencing guidelines for the Three Strikes law are unjustly and disproportionately severe, which is ruining the lives...
The first leader to write down and codify a set of laws was Hammurabi. ... Hammurabi's code shows us that life in Mesopotamia was very difficult and unjust for the majority of the population (anyone that was not very wealthy). ... This law displays the high standards for a physician in Mesopotamia. ... Class structure as displayed in the laws of Hammurabi make life very difficult and unjust for citizens except the extremely wealthy ones. ... Life in Mesopotamia was very difficult and unjust under The Code of Hammurabi; but they demonstrated the beliefs and values of Mesopotamia. ...
Socrates", Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X's Positions on Law After reading Plato's Crito, Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail", and Malcolm X's "The Bullet or the Ballot", it is clear that all three of these men were attracted to the natural conception of a law, which holds that an unjust law is not really a law. ... Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, on the other hand, define laws in two different categories, either just or unjust. Although, like Socrates, they believed in laws and agreed that they are necessary to avoid anarchy and maintain order, th...
" there are two types of laws: just and unjust. ... Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. ... Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all."" ... Apathy and half-hearted support in all social cases is just as harmful as creating an unjust law because it decreases morale and adds dead weight to a society. ... An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law." ...
The Unjust Radical Reconstruction of the South In 1868 Congress passed The Radical Reconstruction Plan. ... Some states even put specific laws in place to insure that the blacks were restricted to the same laws as before their freedom. ... These laws caused the murder of thousands of blacks between 1865 and 1866. ... In conclusion the Radical Reconstruction was an unjust punishment for almost the entire South. The Federal Government did not have the manpower to enforce its own laws. ...
King also believed that any law that uplifts human personality was just and any law that degrades human personality was unjust. He used this argument to explain why segregation was an unjust law. He states that segregation damages the soul of that one segregated against, thus making it an unjust law. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. claims that the answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws, just and unjust. How can you classify what laws are just and which are unjust? ...
"Sharia Law is Coming to America,"" is the headline of today's newspaper. ... As law permitted, they crushed his whole arm under a moving truck. ... In particular, the UK has embrace this practice starting this month of March 2014, which means that the demand for this insane unjust law to become authorized is growing like a virus. ... If all 50 states does not ban foreign law, one state will become like the UK. ... Don't lose your freedom; stop Sharia law from coming to America!...
The Constitution prevents cruel or unjust use of power through the separation of powers. ... Congress enacts laws, leaving enforcement of the laws to the executive branch and interpretation of them to the judicial branch. ... Madison case the judicial branch with the power and authority to interpret the constitution, was provided with a veto over federal laws. ... These amendments safeguard freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion, guarantee a fair, open, and speedy trial for people accused of crimes, prohibit cruel and unusual punishments, and provide many other p...
In the beginning of Thoreau's essay he asks what a person should do if he is faced with an unjust law. ... He also states that the government gives no effective way to remedy such things as unjust laws. ... The only effective way to not participate in unjust laws is to remove one's support in the government. ... (Thoreau, 1223) When a person is faced with an unjust law I believe that he should, with reason, disobey that law. If a person follows an unjust law he is as unjust as the law itself. ...
It is because of these accomplishments that he was a very significant man in Canadian law and for that matter, in Canadian history. ... This charter is a very important tool for the protection of an individual against an unjust government and the protection of minorities against an unjust majority. ... This was an outstanding achievement for Canada and it would allow Canada to add things like more or revised laws to their constitution. ... All of these things allowed Canada to have a better law system and lead Canada to become a greater nation. ...
In defining the definition between just and unjust laws, King says that a just law is those laws that align with the moral law or the law of god. On the other hand, an unjust law is that law that is not aligned with no moral law. Any law that did not agree with the law of god was unjust. ... If any law contradicts the Bible, then King would judge that law unjust. ... Augustine " an unjust law is no law at all". ...
This makes that hate crime laws in the United States of America are superfluous, unjust, discriminating against victims of other crimes, and in violation of the First Amendment. At first, in the US hate crime laws are superfluous. Every crime that can be committed can already be punished under state laws and local laws. ... Next, hate crime laws are unjust. ... It is just impossible for a judge and a jury to get inside the head of the defendant and decide what his or her motives were, so these hate crime laws are unjust. ...
Theoreticians have been able to categorize law into several key theories; there is positive law, natural law, legal realism, and critical legal studies, among others. ... Positive law illustrates a distinct separation of law and morality. ... Natural laws fundamental nature is lex inuista non est lex, which entails that "an unjust law is no law at all... Natural law merely depends on value systems, and to what extent law is just. ... If naturalists base their insights on value systems, then perhaps what is just to one person, may be unjust to the next. ...
Which brings us to the question, what is a just and unjust cause, or even more imperative, what is a just and unjust law? ... Luther speaks of just and unjust laws, more specifically the unjustness of segregation in Birmingham. ... Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. ... Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all.""... A law that is set up that says two groups of people must be segregated is an unjust law which makes it no law at all. ...
Every year new laws get passed that are intrusions on our daily lives. One law, which I strongly disagree with, is the smoking ban. ... A bar owner in New York City Claims that the new law "messed with her bars groove, and business is down forty percent" (Haughney, A.03). ... Not only is this law absurd, its discriminatory based on age. ... Although America is a democracy there are too many laws that restrict what we can and cannot do. ...
King questions the differences between just and unjust laws to justify his actions in Birmingham and the charges of breaking laws willingly. ... An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. ... Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law.... Unjust laws are "out of harmony with the moral law. ... He must consider the law as an expression of the group, and be willing to confront that law if he deems it unjust. ...
But is that a good reason for obeying an unjust law? ... But I do not agree that by disobeying an unjust law you are doing wrong. ... One may think that this is a blatant and extreme statement but if you think about it, if the laws that are unjust were not followed maybe they would be no longer a law. ... For example, I believe that the law against underage persons who are not drinking, but who are in the presence of alcohol is unjust. ... Because of that, there are bound to be laws that are not correct, and for one to think that they must follow these unjust laws because they are unjust is ...
He believes that there are two types of laws, just and unjust. ... Augustine with, "An unjust law is no law at all." ... In addition, an unjust law is a law that degrades human personality and is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. ... On the contrary, an unjust law is a law that the group that enacts it would not want required on them. Another problem with just and unjust laws would be a law that is inflicted on a group who could not vote on it. ...
Why, we ask, might Socrates seem eager to accept his unjust punishment, accorded by unjust men, in this the most unjust of situations? ... That in fact he may be as unjust as those who condemn him. ... By relishing the hemlock and accepting his unjustly mandated fate, Socrates would be guilty of aiding and abetting those who acted unjustly, and in so doing, would seemingly be guilty of acting unjustly himself. ... However, by allowing himself to be punished unjustly, Socrates would knowingly do wrong by assisting those who have acted unjustly in his sentencing. ... Because of his unjust be...
The solution was to undo or change the unjust laws through peaceful protests. ... A key concept King used to describe this is a "law is unjust on its face and unjust in its application." ... King says a law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority, when in reality they cannot vote on the law. King says we have a moral responsibility to obey just laws, and a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. ... It is not new to see the person who breaks an unjust law so openly idolized as a hero. ...
The solution was to undo or change the unjust laws through peaceful protests. ... A key concept King used to describe this is a "law is unjust on its face and unjust in its application." ... King says a law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority, when in reality they cannot vote on the law. King says we have a moral responsibility to obey just laws, and a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. ... It is not new to see the person who breaks an unjust law so openly idolized as a hero. ...
To me this social law is unjust. ... Another example of unjust laws that exist within our society today deal with minors under the age of 18. ... While everyone is told of how we should live and laws are in affect to protect us, minors have more laws that have to follow, thus making many of them unjust by King's definition and mine. ... These laws can be unjust by King's standard that says "a law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law." ... King was right in fighting to bridge the...
