Unjust Laws in Today’s World In Crito‚ Plato’s arguments do show that those who have been treated unjustly still have an obligation to obey the cities laws. Socrates talks to Crito about why he should follow the laws and not escape from the Athens prison. He uses two main arguments to get to this conclusion; the parent argument and the agreement argument. Unlike the world when Crito was written; I do not think his arguments would work in today’s world. I don’t think people today are willing to just
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to establish order. It might seem that the purpose of laws it to establish and keep order in society‚ however‚ things don’t always pan out. Despite the purpose of laws‚ some laws are unjust in the sense that they are unethical or they may keep one from achieving a virtuous act for society‚ while‚ on occasion‚ one is authorized by the government to break a law‚ justifying the fact than some laws are all right to be broken. Some laws are unjust in their ruling‚ by denying basic human rights to people
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and unjust laws. He states‚ “Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust”(Shafer-Landau 408). King believed that unjust laws promote disharmony and that these laws essentially destroy human personality‚ while just laws uplift personality. In his opinion‚ he believed that laws were characterized as just laws if they were helping to make an individual better as a person‚ if it did not meet those standards it was considered to be an unjust law.
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Christina Argula Prof. Trapp ELI EDUCATING RITA At the very beginning of the movie it seem like Dr. Bryant did really want to teach any one. Because he told his literature class that the sun was shining and they should be making love. But if you’ll a professor its your job to teach your students regardless if you want to or not. You cant let your personal problems affect your job. Dr. Bryant didn’t want to teach at the begining . He said
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Two men who had a big influence on civil rights were Henry David Thoreau‚ and Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. They both believed in standing up for what they believed in‚ and disobeying unjust laws. Although they were disobeying unjust laws‚ they still were disobeying Laws‚ which is why both men suffered consequences from the law. Thoreau spent a night in jail for not paying a poll tax‚ which he didn’t pay because of his opposition to the Mexican –American War. Meanwhile‚ Dr.MLK was arrested for “marching
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meant breaking the law. In the case of Birmingham‚ it was vital for Martin to response to the out cries of the people due to the unconstitional behaviors that continued to take place there. Martin focus on 3 central themes; moral obligation over unjust laws‚ direct action and justification of
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It is acceptable and even necessary to to protest unjust and unfair laws‚ because it is morally wrong. People who were being punished inhumanely because it was the law‚ “My teammates and I saw a man strung up by his neck - and set on fire.(James)” Lynching was a legal crime against black as a form of punishment. This is not a law a country is suppose to allow‚ allow such a violent law against a certain race in a way to show superiority. No one has to right or liberty to take someone’s life for the
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factors involved and thus structure the regulations that should obey. There is a list of factors that influence the decisions why some obey the law and why some do not: background‚ financial stability‚ education; they all affect the decisions that people make such as talking on the phone while driving or get in a car knowingly that there is alcohol in the system. Different from the culture I come from‚ Americans are typically law-abiding people due to the legal education that many received throughout
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World. Dr. King agreed with Saint Augustine‚ “An unjust law is no law at all.” I think you can all agree that any law that is created to hinder a person‚ keep them bond‚ and make them feel inferiority is unjust. Any law that allows certain people the right to rape‚ abuse‚ humiliate‚ and belittle someone is unjust. Any time people that are in trusted in the fair distribution of the law‚ abuses‚ demean‚ deride‚ and depreciate for any reason is also unjust. There has been too much innocent blood spilled
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Why do people care obey the law? Why do people not do things because it is against the law in the United States. I am talking about obviously wrong things like rape and murder or robbery and I am talking about crimes where you don’t harm anyone and there is no real victim such as the casual use of drugs and running a red light when there are no cars and no police watching. Why would people follow these laws if they can’t get caught and nobody is a victim. Well I think that because most people
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