Just And Unjust Essay

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The world is based from two types of laws. Just and unjust laws. In recent years a series of new laws have been adopted. Some of these laws were just and others were unjust. Something that differentiates unjust law from just is it’s an unfairness. In other words, unjust law is something that does not equally apply to everybody. It could be directed to the specific person or group of people. For instance, the law of banning propaganda of homosexuality, making homosexsuals second class citizens who are not entitled to, for example, to express their feelings in public. The law on rallies, forbidding citizens to assemble peacefully and without arms, where they wish. Another, example would be zoning law. Where people have no right of control over …show more content…

The specific reason I chose these examples, because today in many parts of the world homesexuality, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly are the main global issues. Homosexuality is forbidden in numerous countries and counts to be as an illegal action. Just recently the United States of America legalized same-sex marriage, but homosexual’s in other countries still suffer from the unjust law. My second example is about freedom assembly. In the United States of America, according to the First Amendment people have a freedom of assembly, which allows people to express their thoughts in a peaceful gatherings. But, in other parts of the world like Spain and Canada, people get charged for peaceful gatherings which is another unjust law. The third example is a nationwide problem, that prohibits people from living in certain areas of town or city that they have their personal property at. Unjust laws have affected many people 's lives and discouraged them from being proactive, however, unjust acts must not be committed in order to stop unjust …show more content…

In other words, some people think that putting businesses, embassies, government agencies and all major companies in downtown area makes business more profitable and governmental organizations more reachable. One cannot deny that business make more profit in downtown areas, than other neighborhoods. Having business making more profit benefits the government us well. More profit is more taxes. But, it is not the same with embassies and government agencies. This structures could be placed anywhere and they still will be reachable by the citizens. Another argument made by Martin Luther King “If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.” Basically, King meant that if the government organization doing something unlawful, then it is citizen 's obligation to stand up and say something. Many people understand his saying us we should break the laws when the law is unjust. Does not matter it is unjust law or just law, breaking laws will never benefit people, but negatively affect them in certain ways. Let 's say violating the zoning law and building or expanding private structure. Because of this action, violator will faith harsh penalties and material damage. But, it will not affect the zoning law. People who suffer from unjust law, must stand up and make their voice heard by

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