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Unjust Laws Jacques Rousseau
2,772 wordsIt is not possible that an individual may be right and a government wrong? Are laws to be enforced simply because they were made or declared by any number of men to be good, if they are not good... What kind of laws for free men can you expect from that? ... Christ was crucified... Captain Brown was hung. These are two ends of a chain, which is not missing its links. What is this link in the chain of lifes history? It is discontent with unjust laws - cruel and unjust laws enforced by no less cru...
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Unjust Laws Thurgood Marshall
2,771 words... he Ten Commandments and the teaching of Jesus held men in bondage as chattel. Great men arose in the defense of the slaves, John Brown being on of them. The United States of America was formed on the principles of separation of power and liberty and equality. Yet the white Christians only meant liberty and equality for the whites. During the American Revolution, Thomas Paine said, Give me liberty or give me death. He was applauded and deemed a hero; yet when the Black chattels or an abolitio...
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Martin Luther King Jr J Edgar Hoover
5,253 wordsIt is generally believed that Martin Luther King, Jr. , was an intelligent African-American who promoted harmony between the races. Numerous books-all of which talk about his deeds of valor to promote good-will between both blacks and whites during a time when riots and strife regularly occurred in America-have been written about his life. He is generally regarded as a man of ethics, a man who fought against injustices. After all, he did receive the Nobel Peace Prize; and that, in itself, is som...
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Unjust Laws False Sense
757 wordsExcerpt from Letter from Birmingham Jail In Dr. Kings letter, he examines the differences between just and unjust laws. In doing this he brings up many facts and ideas that support his theory completely. His descriptive voice and powerful words allowed myself to feel the prejudice which tore the South apart for quite sometime. He explains first what a law is and in order to be considered a law there must be certain characteristics of it. He uses well known examples and proves the whole judicial ...
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John Locke And Civil Rights Movement
1,320 words... le presented an example of altering the balance of legislative power in times of conflict. The Governor of Mississippi refused to allow James Meredith to enroll at the University of Mississippi and to integrate this public university, ignoring the orders of President Kennedy. He claimed that the state legislatures, and not the federal government, have control over state universities. In refusing to acknowledge the orders of the President, the Governor of Mississippi altered the legislative i...
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Unjust Law Martin Luther
1,138 wordsAccording to the theory of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18 th century French political philosopher, in a democratic society the state represents the general will of the citizens, and that in obeying its laws each citizen is pursuing his own real interests. Thus, in an ideal state, laws express the general will. An individual who disagrees with a law must be failing to look at things from the moral standpoint. Rousseau is talking about an ideal state where laws express peoples general will, a will that...
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Martin Luther King Jr Civil Disobedience
679 wordsThere are times throughout the history of the United States when its citizens have felt the need to revolt against the government. There were such cases during the time of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry David Thoreau, when there was unfair discrimination against the Afro-American community and Americans refusing to pay poll taxes to support the Mexican War. They used civil disobedience to eventually get legislation to stop the injustice brought against them and their nation. Civil disobedi...
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The Crucible And Inherit Wind Injustice
538 wordsBoth Cates, in Inherit the Wind by Lee and Lawrence, and Procter, in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, are both subjected to unjust laws. Both demonstrated that, "if the law is of such a nature that it requires one to be an agent of injustice toward another, then I say break the law, " as stated by Henry David Thoreau. When a law is put into effect that will convict a person who is a free thinker then it is a unjust law. One might as well break it because if no one stands up for the principle then...
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Fight For Freedom Unjust Laws
1,424 words... ion. In reply, the people appointed him as their leader, and agreed to be guided by him. Since all the power was in the hands of the English people, Gandhi realized that to fight them it was necessary to use an entirely different method. It was then that he thought of the novel idea of 'Satyagraha'. Satyagraha insistence on truth, a non violent protest against injustice. His movement aimed at fighting the many unjust laws that were imposed on them, and for it to be successful, he was prepare...
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Unjust Laws Police Brutality
752 wordsThe events in Birmingham, Alabama is evidence that the unfair treatment of African Americans led the call of direct-action. Suffering humiliating court rulings, police brutality, unsolved bombings, and broken promises by city officials are the reasons for the actions taken by the black community. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a non-violent movement that opened the eyes of millions of Americans witnessing the protest on the streets of Birmingham. Dr. Kings actions of bringing justice for his peo...
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Martin Luther King Unjust Laws
1,419 words... nd many people let political cartoons give them a fresh perspective on events. Nast began his career at the age of 15, being hired by Leslie's Weekly. In 1862, Nast became employed by Harper's Weekly, an throughout the Civil War he penned many patriotic drawings, exhorting Northerners to join in the fight to crush the Rebels. Nast protested that the Rebels were in violation of the Constitution and as such must be dealt with harshly. President Lincoln was so impressed by Nast's work that he c...
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Form Of Government Fear Of Death
1,736 words... e power cannot be taken from the ruler or assembly of men and given to another. If this is done, then the covenant would have been broken, and according to Hobbes, breaking a covenant is injustice. In making the covenant to give authority to the sovereign, they have also every man given the sovereignty to him that bears their person, and therefore if they depose him, they take from him that which is his own, and so again it is injustice (413). Hobbes agrees that the sovereign can commit iniq...
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Martin Luther King Jr Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1,602 wordsselections from The Second Treatise of Government (1690) Dr. Charles Ess Philosophy and Religion Department Drury University As we will examine it, a defining theme of the American experience from Thomas Jefferson through Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Martin Luther King, Jr. is democratic revolution: these and other major figures seek to change the existing social structure, in order to expand the circle of democracy - to encompass ever larger groups of people within a democratic framework which rec...
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Martin Luther King Jr Civil Disobedience
793 wordsThroughout the history of the United States, there have been many times when citizens have felt the need to revolt against their government. Such cases of revolt took place during the times of Martin Luther King Jr. , and Henry David Thoreau. The reasons for these revolts included discrimination against the African-American community and Americans refusing to pay poll taxes to support the Mexican War. These two men used civil disobedience to change peoples ideas and beliefs to stop the injustice...
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Martin Luther King Jr Henry David Thoreau
1,131 wordsThroughout American history, it is clear that many individuals have fought for justice in a society that has often denied it. We know this information from documents written by these individuals expressing their feelings on a certain subject. On the subject of human rights, two specific men have expanded their thoughts to make a difference. The very popular Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , whose main philosophy on civil disobedience revolved around nonviolence, wrote a? Letter From Birmingham Jail? ...
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Martin Luther King Henry David Thoreau
1,653 wordsBy acting civil but disobedient you are able to protest things you don? t think are fair, non-violently. Henry David Thoreau is one of the most important literary figures of the nineteenth century. Thoreau? s essay? Civil Disobedience, ? which was written as a speech, has been used by many great thinkers such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Ghandi as a map to fight against injustice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor that headed the Civil Rights movement. He was a gifted speaker and ...
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Mohandas Gandhi Civil Disobedience
664 wordsCivil disobedience and passive resistance was morally superior to all other types of resistance to unjust laws. The philosophy of Mohandas Gandhi did not incite violence and was the safest and best way to resolve and abolish unjust laws. An example of this can be found in the incident at the Dharassana Salt Works, a British factory. The aspects of his philosophy were all peaceful and did not incite violence. The aspects were civil disobedience, live simply and serve others. The most important of...
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Martin Luther King John C Calhoun
2,875 wordsLiterature of Protest Over the centuries, one of the most important tools available to protesting groups was literature. Some of the most famous protest literature in the world has its roots in American history. For example, some great American authors of protest literature include Thomas Paine, Thomas Nast, John C. Calhoun, and Martin Luther King. Through eloquent, sometimes subtle means, these authors became the spokesmen for their particular protest movements. Thomas Paine was an English-born...
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Law Of God Civil Disobedience
815 wordsDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed civil disobedience, when enacted for the correct reasons, was a useful tool to fight unjust laws. Dr. King gives guidelines and criteria for deciding if a law is just or unjust. The guidelines that I will discuss were created by Dr. King to help him decide whether a law is just or unjust and to then justify his reasoning against objections. If Dr. King, through his guidelines, found a law to be just, he believed that a display of civil disobedience against th...
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Civil Rights Movement Law And Order
1,419 wordsMartin Luther King Jr. s Letter from Birmingham Jail was a pleasure to read, and the tension of the civil rights movement during that time built quickly. On rereading, I had time to admire Kings strategies through the use of ethos, logos, and pathos. On reflection, I was able to understand and appreciate the way King expressed significance of the civil rights movement. This letter is unquestionable a work of art. It is not a simple letter, because it reveals a lot and shows a range of emotions, ...
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