Martin Luther King: Morality

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Oh no! BIlly got mugged in a dark and spooky alley but he said it’s immoral to hurt anyone or anything. Now he lost his money and his identity, only if he head defended himself,, this wouldn’t have happened. Morality means: principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. I think that at times you should abandon your morals so you can get stuff done. It is sometimes ok to be immoral or unethical if someone does wrong to you. So during the late 60s Martin Luther King jr. did what the general population thought was unethical. He stood up for what he thought was right even though many people disagreed with him. A lot of the white people back in the day thought they were better than people of different

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