Civil disobedience can be defined as the act of opposing a law one considers unjust and peacefully disobeying it while accepting the consequences. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impact a free society. The reasons why peaceful resistance to laws positively impact a free society are that as long as one is willing to accept the consequences of their actions and there intentions are to peacefully change the law than it will have a positive affect on the society.
For example while Martin Luther King Jr. was protesting in Birmingham, Alabama he was arrested and went to jail in a letter he wrote in Birmingham jail he said "an unjust law is no law at all" he was protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham due to the Jim Crow laws. These laws segregated blacks and whites in most southern states. Although King broke the law he was willing to accept the consequences and he went to jail for his crimes. King's protests' eventually led to the abolishment of the Jim Crow laws. This had a positive impact on society because blacks had more rights …show more content…
But that is not true politics is the art of compromising so after a law is created the public may not accept it and seek to protest it or have it changed. This is why in addition to making the law, lawmakers also create a penalty for breaking that particular law. For example say the speed limit on the highway is seventy miles per hour according to the law but someone is travelling at ninety-five miles per hour. They will be pulled over and receive a ticket for speeding because they broke the law. Same thing applies to laws brooking during civil disobedience one breaks them they go to jail. But if the law is unjust being arrested for breaking it will bring attention to it and may eventually lead to it being
For example while Martin Luther King Jr. was protesting in Birmingham, Alabama he was arrested and went to jail in a letter he wrote in Birmingham jail he said "an unjust law is no law at all" he was protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham due to the Jim Crow laws. These laws segregated blacks and whites in most southern states. Although King broke the law he was willing to accept the consequences and he went to jail for his crimes. King's protests' eventually led to the abolishment of the Jim Crow laws. This had a positive impact on society because blacks had more rights …show more content…
But that is not true politics is the art of compromising so after a law is created the public may not accept it and seek to protest it or have it changed. This is why in addition to making the law, lawmakers also create a penalty for breaking that particular law. For example say the speed limit on the highway is seventy miles per hour according to the law but someone is travelling at ninety-five miles per hour. They will be pulled over and receive a ticket for speeding because they broke the law. Same thing applies to laws brooking during civil disobedience one breaks them they go to jail. But if the law is unjust being arrested for breaking it will bring attention to it and may eventually lead to it being