High Points Adolph Hitler Everything Hitler did was technically “legal” King said he would have resisted the Nazis White moderate Black largest obstacle is the white people who are more people’s devoted to than to justice; who prefer a negative peace in the “order” absence of tension They forget that law and order is good when it promotes justice Civil discord and tension The tension has always been in the South and the Civil Rights movement just brings that tension to the surface Extremism for the cause of justice can be a good thing Can be found within the Judeo Christian heritage Real heroes of the South are those who disobey the unjust laws Rosa Parks and James Meredith Declaration of Independence Main Thoughts Looking at the British legal system and seeing lots of injustice and the document concludes that George intent with respect to the colonies is malicious, III’s tyrannical (Grievances as evidence of a tyrannical intent) Once we decide that the sovereign has a tyrannical intent, that is a large injustice Multiple violations of the British constitution and the manner and form Substantive human rights violations and other injustices Not thinking about sanctions Drafters are pledging their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor British considered the Declaration an act of treason and would have executed the signers would probably be executed if caught Social Group “Say-so” American people say the British have violated their Constitution, while the British think that the Americans have violated the British constitution Who solves this argument? King and parliament American colonies Mainly focused on Collateral Moral Obligation If you have a moral obligation to follow just laws and even a collateral obligation to follow some unjust laws in an otherwise just legal system, then you have don’t any moral obligations to follow unjust laws in an unjust legal system Unjust laws + unjust legal system = mandates refusal with Declaration of Independence King’s Letter Declaration said that the and therefore torn apart whole legal system was unjust Violent armed revolution throwing off entire unjust legal system Clearest statement We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
High Points Adolph Hitler Everything Hitler did was technically “legal” King said he would have resisted the Nazis White moderate Black people’s largest obstacle is the white people who are more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefer a negative peace in the absence of tension They forget that law and order is good when it promotes justice Civil discord and tension The tension has always been in the South and the Civil Rights movement just brings that tension to the surface Extremism for the cause of justice can be a good thing Can be found within the Judeo Christian heritage Real heroes of the South are those who disobey the unjust laws Rosa Parks and James Meredith Declaration of Independence Main Thoughts Looking at the British legal system and seeing lots of injustice and the document concludes that George III’s intent with respect to the colonies is malicious, tyrannical (Grievances as evidence of a tyrannical intent) Once we decide that the sovereign has a tyrannical intent, that is a large injustice Multiple violations of the British constitution and the manner and form Substantive human rights violations and other injustices Not thinking about sanctions Drafters are pledging their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor British considered the Declaration an act of treason and would have executed the signers would probably be executed if caught Social Group “Say-so” American people say the British have violated their Constitution, while the British think that the Americans have violated the British constitution Who solves this argument? King and parliament American colonies Mainly focused on Collateral Moral Obligation If you have a moral obligation to follow just laws and even a collateral obligation to follow some unjust laws in an otherwise just legal system, then you don’t have any moral obligations to follow unjust laws in an unjust legal system Unjust laws + unjust legal system = mandates refusal King’s Letter with Declaration of Independence Declaration said that the whole legal system was unjust and therefore torn apart Violent armed revolution throwing off entire unjust legal system Clearest statement We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness