Fair Laws By Martin Luther King Summary

Martin Luther King Jr explains the definitions to distinguish between unfair and fair laws. The author writes that a fair law conforms to the “moral law or the law of god” (King, par. 16). He describes that an unfair law is “out of harmony with the moral” (King, par. 16). King points out that the fair law can “uplifts human personality”, but the unfair law can “degrades human personality” (par.16). He states that, when a majority forces a minority to follow a law that does not apply itself, then it acts unjustly (King, par. 17).
King describes that, if a majority “is willing to follow itself”, then he law considering just (par. 17). The author knowledges that they were not involved in unfair laws “for they did not have the unhampered right