1. 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. MLK mentions the difference between just and unjust laws is what it stands for morally. A just law matches morality and ethics the government and mostly common sense have applied to society. An unjust law goes completely against being the opposite basically degrading. Just like how he talked about segregation making black people feel inferior, it was unjust.
  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? It is very much an important distinction because it makes a difference in how we live. Someone’s beliefs and ethics of just and unjust laws translates into their actions and what they do to contribute to a society. This goes into politics as well because when something becomes a trend people jump onto it and once it gets a following it because a main stead of focus which then, you see the actions mentioned earlier.
  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). An unjust law is something that favors one group over another, one being segregation. A just law would be anti-discrimination laws that MLK established, one example of that could be when jobs hire, they dont discriminate off skin color, age, gender, background, etc.

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