CRIM 338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Henry David Thoreau, John Stuart Mill, Involuntary Commitment
24 Dec 2014
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Lecture 7 obligation to obey the law (ch7) Mlk"s letter from birmingham jail: king"s non-violent protest marches were met by a birmingham court order banning all public demonstrations. King defied the court order, leading a march in the streets: he spent 10 days in jail, where he wrote his famous letter, see readings. Exploit your skills and achieve your dreams. A) greatest benefit to the worst off. B) but allow everyone to have equal opportunity equal access to running society, nobody left out / cant vote because of race, money, etc. In this theory: political system includes: free market capitalism + welfare system to care for worst off + universal right to vote, run for office. Lecture 7b - law and liberty (ch11) His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. : if my actions do not harm anyone else, then they are no one else"s business, especially not the.
