Law Human Rights and Human Dignity – Martin Luther King Jr. Statement
Law Human Rights and Human Dignity – Martin Luther King Jr. Statement
Law, Human Rights, and Human Dignity Written Statement:
Integrate the answers to the following questions into a 1,000 word statement (usually about 2 single-spaced pages) explaining your perspective on the following question: What should a U.S. citizen do if their faith beliefs conflict with a U.S. law?
- To what extent do you think that U.S. citizens have a responsibility to follow U.S. laws?
- Include 5 examples of possible faith/law conflicts.
- What was Martin Luther King Jr.’s response to what he considered an unjust law (include examples from your reading of his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”)? **note: his nonviolent protest was not following the law—that is why his letter is a “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
- To what extent should the government take into account faith beliefs when formulating laws? Conversely, to what extent should a person take into account laws when acting on their faith beliefs when the two are in conflict?
