Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and to disobey and resist unjust laws.
Laws are the characteristic of a civilized society. They are formulated to properly administer a community, village, city or nation. It is supposed to be an individual's responsibility to obey laws in general. But often, there is not a clear distinction between just and unjust laws, which are the two terms used in the statement. I partially agree with the statement, that everyone has an obligation to obey laws that are right, but the second part of the statement requires some thought.
The laws, as they currently are in any country of the world, have been the result of a long history of development of the country. Some laws have been in place since olden times, while some laws are rather new. There are some laws that are clearly just, like the criminalization of dire offenses like murder and rape. There are still some laws that are the remnants of the orthodox history that we have lived. Criminalizing same-sex marriages is one example. Such laws are clearly unjust, for they do not give the right to privacy to some minor communities of society. Then there are laws about some very controversial subjects. As an example, some countries have legalized euthanasia, stating that it is an individual's right to die peacefully if he/she is in acute pain and has no will left to live. People may argue that it is not up to the law to decide about matters of life and death. Still others may choose to differ.
Moreover, the laws that should be placed within the above three categories of being a) just, b) unjust and c) just/unjust, may be different according to different people. After all, a person may decide that traffic laws are unjust and may choose to disobey them. Such a person will not only be a threat to his/her own safety, but also to the safety and well-being of others on road. Another person may decide not to obey the taxation laws and resist them by not paying his taxes. This will directly affect the government and the fellow taxpayers on a minute scale, exponentially getting more harmful if more people decide to join in. But on the other hand, there have been instances in history when resistance by people was righteous. The ''Satyagraha movement" by Mahatma Gandhi was one such example, in which he urged people of India to resist oppression by British rulers in a peaceful, persistent manner. This movement is said to be a major contributor in attaining India's independence, simply because people got to know that the British rule and their laws were unjust and cruel and needed to be fought in a tactful, calm manner. Thus, choosing which laws to disobey is a fuzzy area. A good sense of judgment of whether disobeying a law is morally right or wrong, therefore should be there in an individual.
Finally, the methods that one chooses to resist and disobey laws may be different. People may organize a candle march, sign online petitions, and in the extreme cases, even vandalize public property as a method of protest. If the mode of resistance requires violence, fatally harming other human beings, then the law is right to punish the defectors. If the resistance to supposedly unjust laws also seems unjust, then it is not right.
Thus, it is true that each person in a society should obey laws, but it is also at the same time not a bad thing to resist laws that seem against humanity, provided that the methods of protest do not harm other people in society. After all, laws may be above an individual, but they may never be above humanity.
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- Governments should offer a free university education to any student who has been admitted to a university but who cannot afford the tuition. 66
- In order for any work of art- for example, a film, a novel, a poem, or a song- to have merit, it must be understandable to most people. 54
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 158, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'individuals'' or 'individual's'?
Suggestion: individuals'; individual's
...city or nation. It is supposed to be an individuals responsibility to obey laws in general....
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Line 3, column 706, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'an individual' or simply 'individuals'?
Suggestion: an individual; individuals
...egalized euthanasia, stating that it is an individuals right to die peacefully if he/she is in...
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Line 3, column 891, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Still,
...decide about matters of life and death. Still others may choose to differ. Moreov...
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Line 6, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ore should be there in an individual. Finally, the methods that one chooses to...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...o seems unjust, then it is not right. Thus, it is true that each person in a s...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, if, may, moreover, second, so, still, then, therefore, thus, well, while, after all, in general, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 44.0 19.5258426966 225% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 82.0 58.6224719101 140% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2881.0 2235.4752809 129% => OK
No of words: 610.0 442.535393258 138% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.72295081967 5.05705443957 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.96972615649 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63111689886 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 288.0 215.323595506 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.472131147541 0.4932671777 96% => OK
syllable_count: 927.9 704.065955056 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 31.0 20.2370786517 153% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 47.7103862627 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.935483871 118.986275619 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6774193548 23.4991977007 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.70967741935 5.21951772744 90% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 13.0 5.13820224719 253% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.315296271004 0.243740707755 129% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0838787026982 0.0831039109588 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0693472831465 0.0758088955206 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.185009981148 0.150359130593 123% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0401056861358 0.0667264976115 60% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.6 14.1392134831 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 48.8420337079 124% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.1 12.1639044944 83% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.05 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 134.0 100.480337079 133% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.