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Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern.
How does King rebut his critics’ claim?
by citing the US Constitution in a counterclaim
by questioning the fairness of the laws in a counterclaim
by praising the concept of social anarchy in a counterclaim
by admitting mistakes in a counterclaim
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by questioning the fairness of the laws in a counterclaim
King distinguishes just from unjust laws and argues that unjust laws (those that degrade human personality or are imposed by a majority on a minority without consent) do not have to be obeyed, so he defends civil disobedience as a moral response to unfair laws.
King distinguishes just from unjust laws and argues that unjust laws (those that degrade human personality or are imposed by a majority on a minority without consent) do not have to be obeyed, so he defends civil disobedience as a moral response to unfair laws.
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