- 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.
- According to MLK we call can tell the difference between just and unjust because just laws are man made laws that are fair to everyone and it encourages harmony, peace, and the right actions. Unjust laws is a human law that goes against the law of god, degrades humans, and takes away human moral obligations.
- 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?
- It is an important distinction and it does make a difference in the way someone lives their lives. Unjust laws shouldn’t take away the moral human obligations and it shouldn’t promote hate based on religion or race. Just laws should take everyone into consideration and should be made by everyone to protect everyone and be fair. It can affect politics because the ones who are making the laws have their own interest and personal morals in mind to protect the majority and not the minority. Most at the top who are in politics are the white men who believed in racism, segregation, and put into placed unjust laws.
- 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).
- An unjust law in the US today is the lax gun laws of most states in the US. The legal age was risen from 18 to 20 and the back ground check needs to be more strict. In some states you do not need a permit to open and carry and it is illegal to carry certain types of firearms but they are still be sold to individuals. A just law in the US today is the the marijuana law that has been changed to the legal age of 21, and you need a possession of 3 ounces.
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