- 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 the the text and based on MLK, the difference between just and unjust laws is that a just law aligns with the law of God while for unjust law they aligns with the violations of morals principles.
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?
I do believe that just and unjust laws makes no difference in our society because people in society are still going to do as they pleased and it’s for the people to adjust themselves whether they want to be apart of the just or unjust laws but I strongly believe either way people are still going to live their lives however they want it. I believe it can affect our politics if that person is diverse themselves into either being just or unjust, it can affect the way they view the government.
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)
Example of just in the US today – Equal rights for education for all students. ( this is helping for students and others to have the same education rights without any comparison, this makes it just ).
Example of unjust in the US today- Policies that disadvantage certain types of group of people. ( Some work places only hired certain people without accepting everyone which is unfair because others will have less acceptance rates than others, this is what makes it unjust)
