On an individual level a "moral duty" is the same thing as being true to yourself. If a person truly believes certain ideas, in other words what is believed is who they are, then that person has a duty to those beliefs as much as they have a duty to preserve their own life.
MLK was a Christian and those who followed him, essentially, bel…
On an individual level a "moral duty" is the same thing as being true to yourself. If a person truly believes certain ideas, in other words what is believed is who they are, then that person has a duty to those beliefs as much as they have a duty to preserve their own life.
MLK was a Christian and those who followed him, essentially, believed the same things as he did so him saying morality is a duty is completely consistent and accurate.
Duty implies physical action whereas justified seems more an intellectual exercise.
I stand with MLK that it is our duty to disobey an unjust law.
On an individual level a "moral duty" is the same thing as being true to yourself. If a person truly believes certain ideas, in other words what is believed is who they are, then that person has a duty to those beliefs as much as they have a duty to preserve their own life.
MLK was a Christian and those who followed him, essentially, believed the same things as he did so him saying morality is a duty is completely consistent and accurate.
Duty implies physical action whereas justified seems more an intellectual exercise.
I stand with MLK that it is our duty to disobey an unjust law.