1. Letter to Birmingham Jail
... ." He lends credence to the concept of there being a moral obligation to disobey unjust laws by quoting St. Augustine: "an unjust law is no law at all." Recognizing the inherent ambiguity in deciding whether a law is "just" or "unjust" based upon the scant amount of information he has provided, King's next step is to define the terms "just law" and "unjust ... ...
- Word Count: 4137
- Approx Pages: 17
- Grade Level: Undergraduate