Natural law theorists such as Cicero and Saint Thomas Aquinas will argue that there is a common law that can be applied universally that never changes, and is everlasting in the world. ... As Thomas Hobbes is famously quoted for saying, "Life is lonely, poor, nasty, brutish and short." ... There is a modern law theorist by the name of Lon Fuller who does not follow in the same beliefs as Cicero and Saint Thomas Aquinas. ... In the beliefs of Saint Thomas Aquinas he would say that is does not excuse you, but you would be damned to hell for not believing in God. ...

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Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas, in his views of deontic morality, believed that just because something felt good, did not make it just. Aquinas also thought that the actions of one demonstrated the values and morals of all. ... This belief emulates the beliefs of Aquinas and Paul and indicate that the minority Negro population will not suffer alone from the injustice of the majority society. ...

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Law is a system of rules used to govern a society and control the behaviors of its members. In this case, Martin Luther King is charged for breaking a law. King questions the differences between just and unjust laws to justify his actions in Birmingham and the charges of breaking laws willingly. In ...

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A Smoker's Injustice On March 30, 2003 a smoking ban will go into affect in restaurants, bars, and public places throughout NYC. A ban on public smoking lead by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an ex-smoker, has intentions of improving the health of employees by segregating smokers from about 13,000 bars ...

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The Letter from Birmingham Jail discusses issues of segregation between blacks and whites during Martin Luther King Jr. reign as civil rights leader in the United States. Through out King's letter to the clergymen he discusses segregation but also speaks on other events that were taking place during...

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