What should citizens do if they believe a law is unjust?

What should citizens do if they believe a law is unjust?

Quotation: “If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.” Variations: None known. Sources checked: Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Digital Edition.

What is the appropriate way to respond to unjust laws?

8. In Thoreau’s opinion, what is the appropriate way to respond to unjust laws? One must be content to obey them. One must try to change the laws but obey them until they’re changed.

When a government is unjust and someone breaks the law to protest?

By definition civil disobedience involves a deliberate breaking of the law.

Should you obey unjust laws?

“One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

How do we determine if a law is unjust?

Any law that forbids transparency, and thereby attempts to compel, coerce or manipulate a responsible adults by withholding facts, OR any law that allows one person to control the actions of another (when those actions do no direct harm) is an unjust law.

Why a person breaks the law?

Poverty, parental neglect, low self-esteem, alcohol and drug abuse can be connected to why people break the law. Some are at greater risk of becoming offenders because of the circumstances into which they are born.

Why do people obey unjust laws?

Are we obligated to obey unjust laws? Laws are important because they are guidelines for a state. You are obligated to obey unjust laws because you tacitly agree to obey the laws, people have different opinions what is just or unjust, and there are many consequences when disobeying a law.

How would you define an unjust government?

(ʌndʒʌst ) adjective. If you describe an action, system, or law as unjust, you think that it treats a person or group badly in a way that they do not deserve.

What makes a law unjust or unfair?

Thomas Aquinas to make the distinction between just and unjust laws. “A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law,” King responded. “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws.

What should people do if the government does not protect them?

In other words, when a government does not protect the inalienable rights that are due to its constituents, the people have the right to change or get rid of it and to start a new government that will bring about their safety and happiness.

Can a judge declare a law to be unjust?

In other words: If a law is unjust a judge should declare it so. Also: The ‘people’ or perhaps I should say the majority decide what laws are ‘just’ and what laws are ‘unjust’. If a citizen disagrees with the existence of a certain law there are different ways of fighting that law legally.

What did MLK say about just and unjust laws?

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws” He is using the example of certain Nazi laws. The Nazis occupied my country (The Netherlands) as well as many other countries.

Do you think we should throw off the federal government?

Yes, we should “throw off” this increasing despotic government by returning to a true understanding of the Constitution. Over time, gradually so as not to unnecessarily disrupt their lives, we should drastically reduce the size and reach of the U.S. government so that it need not be “thrown off” completely.