These discussion boards have been designed to explore controversial topics. Often these debates have the potential to become heated. In the act of creating ideas, heat can be a good thing, but not at the expense of hurt feelings or frustration. Remember that any argument asks that we change something about ourselves. If we are asking our readers to change, we need to be civil about it. Likewise, when we are challenged by others with a different opinion, we need to keep an open mind. Remember, we are not changing the world here, only examining it. Go to the resources tab and use the EBSCOhost link to search for the following articles, then, using the questions below as a guide, write a 75-100 word response about the issue being discussed. Next, please take the time to respond to your classmates. Go to the resources tab and use the EBSCOhost link to search for the following articles: In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights
activist, claims that “one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws” (King, Jr., 1963, p. 5). These sentiments have been shared by some of the most recognizable names throughout history, including America’s forefathers, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, and so on. Dr. King, as well as other from our list, were practicing civil disobedience. Civil disobedience does not advocate a lawless society. Civil ddisobedience is not the same as someone simply breaking the law. Civil disobedience is an organized process of law breaking that follows very strict guidelines: Practitioners of civil disobedience. more often than not, take aim at laws considered to be unjust. King goes on to explain that those who are “more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice” were the real enemy of his movement toward civil rights (p. 7). To do nothing, King implies, is to err on the side of the status quo. Think of some unjust things you have witnessed, yet failed to act on.