Al Pacino defines justice as seeking the truth

Martin Luther King says that a law consists of just and unjust laws (that’s his definition of justice)

Michael Walzer defines justice as equality

QUESTION

1. Martin Luther king in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Al Pacino, in his famous “Justice for All” speech, and Michael Walzer, provide their own definition of justice. do you agree with their definition of justice? Why or why not? 

 

Read martin luther kings letter from birmingham jail and answer this question

1. do you agree with the distinction king makes between “just” and “unjust” laws in “Letter from Briningham jail?”

READ MARTIN LUTHER KING “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and then answer these questions BRIEFLY

1. How does Dr. King explain why he urges people to obey the Supreme Court’s decision, outlawing, segregated public schools, and then breaks laws that he disagrees with?

2. Any law that the grades a person is unjust according to Dr. King What does “degrade” mean? In what way does he thinks segregation is degrading to the individual?

3. According to Dr. King there is a difference between “just laws and unjust laws.” how do we determine a law that is just an a law that is unjust? Do you agree with Dr. Martin Luther King’s explanations?

4. When he says that a law can be “just on its face, but I’m just on this application”, What example does he give? What attitude does Dr. King say one should adopt, if breaking and unjust law?

5. Note that Dr. King does not use the term “civil disobedience.” Find dictionary definition of this word. Does Dr King’s actions meet the definition?

6. is there any current public law that you believe is unjust based on Dr. King’s description.

after reading martin luther king letter from birmingham jail answer this question

1. how does Dr. King explain why he urges people to obey the supreme court’s decision outlawing segregated public schools, and then breaks laws he disagrees with.

provide proof from the text and explain this clearly w easy words and throughly