PHI 2600 Lecture 51: PHI Chapter 51
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Socrates delays drinking the poison to enjoy one final conversation with his friends. Socrates waits to drink the poison until the sun sets. With his final words, socrates tells crito to pay his (socrates"s) debt to asclepius, the god of healing. We have no duty to obey unjust laws, provided we act openly and without hatred and are willing to pay the legal penalty. For protesting the treatment of blacks in birmingham, alabama. According to king, how do the oppressed gain freedom? by demanding it from their oppressors. The breaking of the law must be done openly. The breaker of the law must be willing to accept the penalty. To illustrate how some laws are unjust, immoral and should not be followed. According to king, the greatest obstacle to civil rights is the white moderate more committed to "order" than to justice. What does king mean by "positive peace"? peace with justice for all.
