Martin Luther King JR 2
When Martin Luther King Jr. participated in the march to protest againstsegregation (1963), he was arrested and put into the jail in Birmingham, Alabama, on grounds that there was no permit for the parade. Eight local clergymen published their objections to the protest in the local newspaper. The clergymen had proclaimed, "But we are convinced that these demonstrations are unwise and untimely," (716). King then replies to their arguments with his famous Letter From Birmingham Jail. Wise and timely because injustice was present, there was no room for question once he defined clearly the contrast of just and unjust laws. A just law, as defined by King, is a law that is in the moral realm, and should be obeyed. If the law can matches God's law, it is just. If any law, "uplifts human personality, character, or spirit": if any law is for the good of the all the people, it can be defined a just law. If the majority uses a law against the minority, it is a law that is to be disobeyed. With just laws there is always the An unjust law, as defined by King, is one where there is a no moral responsibility to back it up. Therefore, it is one's moral responsibility to disobey
to face the penalty of being murdered by lions or men. Socrates was also punished Jesus, who ended up being the Son of God. He was crucified and rose again. An regarding lukewarmness, "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I we were not afraid to fight despite their unjust laws. when the Reverend Stallings preached against segregation in his final sermon. The somewhat humorous is because he could name two significant examples. One was
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