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. ...

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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. ...

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Socrates Vs King In the two reading assignments that were assigned each of the characters argue whether breaking the law is just or unjust. ... Socrates being a firm believer in what is just and unjust supports his position that escaping from prison and fleeing in exile to an adjacent city would be unjust because by him doing this would result in breaking the commitments that he has agreed upon by the courts after he was found guilty. ... Martin Luther King Jr. on the other hand, feels that the segregation laws that the black people had to abide by were unjust laws, and the blacks were discr...

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One is when he says that even though the laws are unjust, you must follow them. ... He should have still kept trying to show that the ruling was unjust and that he was right. It has been proven in the United States that one can fight against an unjust ruling or an unjust law; like the Black Civil Rights Movement, and Women's Rights. By allowing the unjust ruling to go through, Socrates allowed the city to be able to wrong another person when the situation rises again. ... Socrates sentence to death was unjust. ...

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King was fighting for that, he thought there were creative injustice laws. He states in Letter from Birmingham Jail that: "There are just and unjust laws, a unjust law is a code that a majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself. ... King goes on give more examples of just and unjust laws. ... There are some instances when a law is just on it's face, but unjust in it's application; in other words, the law is right but done in the wrong way. ... Martin Luther King talks so much about unjust and just laws in Letter from Birmingham Jail, it is just so amazing ...

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Where some people consider justice is the punishment of a criminal for specific violations of the law of the land, rarely is the punishment satisfactory for a victim to feel recompensed. ... Would it be unjust for the shop owner to refuse to give the child food? ... Is the law just? ... Rights under the law, and even those rights outside of the law. Where the law restricts a person's freedom to make choices concerning themselves, justice is diminished. ...

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For this reason, Emerson and Thoreau argue that solitude and society are the most focused topic in their works because of Solitude's ability to give you more freedom instead of living under the rights of unjust laws and Society exploiting you to opportunities with education and grammar. Thoreau argues that living in solitude gives you more freedom instead of living under rights of unjust laws. ... So why live according to laws set by the government. Thoreau says, "Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have suc...

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Civil Disobedience both a right and responsibility of a person to fight an unjust law. ... Often society has laws that individuals feel is immoral, or unjust. ... Antigone shows us, thru Civil Disobedience, that breaking some of societies laws is both a right and responsibility. ...

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" William Saletan writes of the unfair laws of the freedom of speech, which leaves its readers aware of the news they have missed, surprised that they missed it and shocked with the unjust laws created to oppress the freedom to share ones beliefs. ... One would not be able to express themselves in any way in fear of the law. ... They must be equal to keep the people satisfied with their laws. ... So far, with the unjust laws created, many situations have happened for which some get punished and others do not. ... Unjust ruling is diabolical and cruel to people who should be able to expre...

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Such concerns include exactly who should have access to these databases, unjust targeting of criminal relatives to obtain information, and innocent names on the same list as convicted criminals. ... Currently there is no similar federal law on DNA databases regarding time limits in the United States. ... Illinois state law "requires all convicted sex offenders to submit a blood sample if they are sentenced to incarceration or other institutionalized care and to provide such sample as a condition of parole or release" and the samples are kept in a database that "may not be subje...

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The commitment to his inner law led him to breaking the laws of the land. ... All of these men broke the unjust laws, but they did so "openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty" (King 1854). ... King knew that love and justice were lacking in laws of man. ... Harry Emerson Fosdick meant when he said "inner law is written on the heart, man-made laws assure justice, but a higher law produces love". ... Inner law or natural law would deem numerous aspects and actions of the above quotation to be unjust. ...

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Throughout the novel Twain shows that Huck is having a mental struggle as to whether he should turn in Jim as a runaway slave or lead him to his freedom, which gives the novel a sense of the struggle between morality and what is right to the laws. ... Huck could easily admit this to follow the "laws" but Huck sticks to his morals. This adds to the story as a whole by showing how morals are what must be followed, because the laws may be unjust to humanity. ... In this struggle Twain is showing the reader that by conforming to society, as Huck directly opposed, then we could become trapped ...

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A woman has a moral responsibility, in accordance to nature's law, to express beauty to induce procreation. ... In these countries, women are subjugated under Sharia law and subjected to strict work and social restriction. ... (Azuri) Strong legal conditions under Sharia law favour males in employment. Although the law is correct in determining the role of women with its by laying emphasis on maternal responsibilities, at the same time it also restricts their freedom and is thus immoral and unjust to woman. ... Women's suppression in the name of religion and legally imposing such ...

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In response to unjust treatment, prison inmates have retaliated through starvation. ... Second, I have the United Nations interaction - Ever since the rise of controversy in 2003, a year after Guantanamo's establishment, our previous UN Commissioner of Human Rights, Navi Pillay, stated that the United States part in the situation of Guantanamo Bay is a "clear breach of international law.... These amendments were aimed towards the Geneva Conventions, a set of international laws comprised of four treaties. ... This innocent man can protest, only to face the same unjust treatment that i...

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By Constitutional law, a woman is a person that has the right to self determination and bodily autonomy. ... When you deprive some one of a right, you treat someone unjustly. ... Thomson is not saying that abortion is always right, but she suggests laws should be set up to protect all women that have the right to bodily autonomy, incase unjustly events (ex: rape) come about. ... If laws were created to prohibit abortion, I would feel that I was denied the right to self determination and bodily autonomy. ... There is always a middle ground between two extremes, and I believe we can find ...

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The International Criminal Court is responsible for decreased crime rates because it's a powerful means of enforcing laws. ... Without these laws being enforced criminals would be encouraged to commit more crimes. ... Without any court system there would be much chaos and unjust events of human rights being violated. The courts should continue to enforce their laws and every person should have the right to a speedy and fair trial if the case has to do with civilians being physically injured. The courts should create a law to which there will be a random selection of trails so that the...

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But then there are the other number of people who feel the death penalty should be banned because of its cruel and unjust way of punishment. ... If someone is executed, our court system is deliberately defying our Lord's laws. ... But then there are the other number of people who feel the death penalty should be banned because of its cruel and unjust way of punishment. ... If someone is executed, our court system is deliberately defying our Lord's laws. ...

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Since Salem feared witchcraft, Giles lost his human rights, thus leading to an unjust and cruel punishment. ... " Also, Congress acted without any careful or systematic effort to determine whether weaknesses in the surveillance laws had contributed to the attacks, or whether the changes they were making would help prevent further attacks. The government was so afraid of September 11 that they administered laws that violated the rights of humans to prevent this again. ... In other words, when introduced to fear, there will be precautions and new laws that could endanger our basic human ...

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"Before the Charter [of Rights and Freedoms], there was often unfair laws passed by an elected government.... The Charter brought changes to the laws that discriminated against people due to personal characteristic or prejudices'. With the new Charter in place, Canadian society had a clear recognition of human rights and freedoms, along with ways to enforce these new laws. ... Obasan greatly encases these ideas and demonstrates the unjust actions done by the government of Canada which would not be tolerated today....

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Well Amnesty International is a program set up to assist you in helping with these social problems that you think are unjust. ... Today Amnesty has informed the Bangladesh government that they are violating a human rights law and are still working to free Dr. ...

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It is used for revenge, punishment, and other unjust reasons as well. ... The First amendment of the Constitution states "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press- We are told that we are free but, on the contrary, we are very limited. ...

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The code, adopted in the late fifth and early sixth centuries, is a reflection of the Burgundians strict attachment to God, separation of social groups, and unjust treatment of women. ... Almost each set of laws differs for what social group or sex the Burgundian is. ... To illustrate the importance placed on women, of the nine law titles (i.e. ... The Burgundian laws in this excerpt do, however, touch on the values that are evident throughout history. ... Without a set of laws, society has trouble finding legitimacy. ...

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The treatment of prisoners of war in the pacific was extremely unfair and unjust. ... This definition, along with many international laws, was established by the Geneva Convention. ... The United Nations has also cracked down on foreign countries to ensure that all international laws are met. ...

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Like the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence which would be drafted later on, this document provided for the protection against unjust punishment and the loss of life, liberty, and property except according to law. ... The main ideas that the Bill of Rights embodied included: 1) That monarchs do not have the divine right to rule and that they rule with the consent of the people's representative in Parliament. 2) The monarch must have Parliament's consent to suspend laws, levy taxes, or maintain an army. 3) The monarch cannot interfere with parliamentary elections an...

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The issues surrounding abortion strike questions based on ethics, morals, emotions, and law. ... People who are pro-choice believe that women hold the right to abort a pregnancy, but people who are pro-life believe that abortion is wrong and unjust to the fetus. ... The amendment states that, "No person or state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law" (475 US Constitution). ... Although the law has set boundaries on when a fetus should be considered a citizen, there are people who believe that life starts before birth no matter wh...

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