PHIL 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ten Commandments
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They approve the end goal, but disapprove the means. Mlk assumes they are not racist writing to the white moderate . Bottom of pg 359 hinting at hypocrisy. Last line in 359 - in any nonviolent campaign 4 basic steps. Confusion, uncertainty, unsure if you are the kind of person to deserve this kind of treatment. Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed. Laws can be unjust, but underlying natural law still preserved. Any law that uplifts humans just, degrades humans unjust. People could say law and morality are not the same. Nothing immoral about driving on the left vs. driving on the right. Segregationist laws are unjust but also its not just that they are unjust because they are unjust, they are not. Laws their force as laws is invalidated natural law, evil act like heartbreak not dictated or prevented by law, but moral principles still govern what is evil.
