Question

You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Court’s decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public schools, at first glance it may seem rather paradoxical for us consciously to break laws. One may want to ask: "How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?" The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all."… — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963 3. Which type of action against unjust laws is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. supporting in this passage?

Answer 1

Civil Disobedience

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the given excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail", Martin Luther King expresses his opinion about what he calls just and unjust laws and how he would obey the just laws, but disobey the unjust ones, because they are "no law at all".

Therefore, the type of action against unjust laws is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. supporting in this passage is civil disobedience.

This is because, civil disobedience simply means defiance to authority or laws.