- According to MLK, how can we tell the difference between just and unjust laws? Understanding this questions is the most important part of this module, and I will ask it again during our second exam.
Just laws are something everybody follows as unjust laws aren’t legitimate laws but more something created to dehumanize others.
2. In your view, is this an important distinction (between just and unjust laws), do you think it makes a difference in the way someone (as an individual, or our society as a whole) lives their lives? Can it affect our politics?
Absolutely. In all that is said and explained Just and unjust laws are very much relevant now as they were then. Politics play a huge role in this because as much as we would like to act like everything is seen through certain point of views, politicians still seek to benefit what works for them, then what is the correct thing to do.
3. Based on our discussion of Question 1, give an example each, of an unjust and just law, in the US today. Explain what makes it unjust or just (using MLK’s definition of those two types of laws).
The best example is segregation. Segregation would be considered the unjust law. As the civil rights act would be considered the Just law, since it’s what abolished segregation in all states.
