Every society needs laws to prevent any egregious behaviour from taking place. Just laws treat people equally and protect their rights. On the other hand, unjust laws are the one's that discriminate amongst humans and treat them differently. These laws have no place in any society and need to be abolished. Thus, I agree with the prompt that we need to obey just laws and disobey unjust laws for 2 reasons.
Laws help in smooth functioning of society. There will be chaos if people don't follow laws. Following laws is a responsibility of each and every individual in a society. People feel safe due to laws. . . .
Sometimes resisting unjust laws is the only way to get the laws abolished. When British colonized India, they introduced many unjust laws to discriminate against Indians. Similarly there were unjust laws in America that discriminated against black people. Many believed in obeying such unjust laws and waiting for a change of heart of the rulers. But Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. believed that this was counterproductive and they publicly disobeyed and resisted unjust laws. Both of them were imprisoned, which led to a uprising and later the laws were successfully repealed
Some people might argue even if a law is unjust one should not break laws. As breaking a law is illegal. Some Indian freedom fighters such as Lokmanya Tilak believed in such ideologies. They wrote letters to the British government requesting them to repeal such laws. British government did not pay heed to any requests, and their plan turned out to be fruitless. On the other hand extremist leaders such has Bhagat Singh tried to revolt and disobey laws and was lionised in India
To conclude, following laws is crucial for functioning of a society. But that does not mean people should accept any unjust laws. They disobey any unjust laws and take a stand to repeal them.
Every
society
needs
laws
to
prevent
any egregious
behaviour
from taking place.
Just
laws
treat
people
equally
and protect their rights.
On the other hand
,
unjust
laws
are the one's that discriminate amongst humans and treat them
differently
. These
laws
have no place in any
society
and need to
be abolished
.
Thus
, I
agree
with the prompt that we need to obey
just
laws
and disobey
unjust
laws
for 2 reasons.
Laws
help
in smooth functioning of
society
. There will be chaos if
people
don't follow
laws
. Following
laws
is a responsibility of each and every individual in a
society
.
People
feel safe due to
laws
.
.
.
.
Sometimes
resisting
unjust
laws
is the
only
way to
get
the
laws
abolished. When British colonized India, they introduced
many
unjust
laws
to discriminate against Indians.
Similarly
there were
unjust
laws
in America that discriminated against black
people
.
Many
believed in obeying such
unjust
laws
and waiting for a
change
of heart of the rulers.
But
Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. believed that this was
counterproductive and
they
publicly
disobeyed and resisted
unjust
laws
. Both of them
were imprisoned
, which led to
a
uprising and later the
laws
were
successfully
repealed
Some
people
might argue even if a
law
is
unjust
one should not break
laws
.
As
breaking a
law
is illegal.
Some
Indian freedom fighters such as
Lokmanya
Tilak
believed in such ideologies. They wrote letters to the British
government
requesting them to repeal such
laws
. British
government
did not pay heed to any requests, and their plan turned out to be fruitless.
On the other hand
extremist leaders such has
Bhagat
Singh tried to revolt and disobey
laws
and was
lionised
in
India
To conclude
, following
laws
is crucial for functioning of a
society
.
But
that does not mean
people
should accept any
unjust
laws
. They disobey any
unjust
laws
and take a stand to repeal them.