Ethics and Values / Unit 8 Ethics 368 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Rule-of-Law Objection
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The idea
The rule-of-law objection: even righteous lawbreaking teaches lawbreaking, and a society that picks which laws to honor is practicing for having none.
In practice
King's own answer accepted the premise's weight: break only unjust laws, openly, lovingly, penalty accepted — reverence for law, aimed at law's repair.
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