tin Luther King Jr., in their repective times, were pioneers of seeing what just and unjust laws and actions were taking place in their time and making a difference because of them. Should they be set apart from the masses because not only did they recognize these unjust doings, but made a point to do something about them, yes, but they are not pioneers in this thinking, this philosophy so to speak. I believe that since the dawn of mankind, we have been exposed to such things of unjustness and that people of Thoreaus and MLK Jr.'s thought and conscience have been around forever. Now that the history of such philosophies have been discussed, allow me to represent each in a civil society.There are several reasons that have made me believe that it is morally justifiable in breaking the law; however the most convincing comes from Martin Luther King Jr.in his letter from a Birmingham Jail. "We can never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal..." (A World Of Ideas 160). King went on in his letter to say that it would be against man made law to help a Jew in Nazi Germany. What King said in his letter was to make a person think that not all laws are good for a certain group in society and morality is a justifiable excuse in breaking those laws. Those who oppose my view on this question may be quick to ask me how come we go by law and not morality in society. I have a roommate with the complete opposite view on this question. He explained himself this way:Human nature consists of three basic components. These are to live, propagate, and to dominate. If humanity was left without any other parameters, this natural state of existence would govern its behavior. Fortunately there are parameters, and they are laws. (Mosier)What this basically says is that laws are made up to maintain order, monitor actions, and work for the best interest of society as a whole. If their were no laws chaos and anarchy would be widespread. This is why...
