Every individual in a society has a reponsbility to obey just laws and to disobey and resist unjust laws.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
Most laws were created with the intent of being obeyed. For example, laws that prohibit cars from being parked on a particular street were created to prevent people from parking their cars there. Enforcement of laws typically involve some sort of punishment or consequence; in the case of a car parked in a prohibited location, a parking ticket fine would be levied. If that street was home to the fire department, that parking ticket, and thus the law itself, would seem just. Therefore, it seems logical that every individual in society has a responsibility to obey such just laws.
Generally speaking, obeying just laws help keep society in order. For example, many laws concerning violence - laws against harassment, murder, rape, and the like - are laws that, if followed, keep society safe and peaceful. If no one were to take reponsibility to obey these laws, it is possible that violence could take the streets and overwhelm society, just like in the movie "The Purge", where for one night, no laws apply and many acts of violence take place and cause chaos.
Just as it makes sense that individuals have responsibility to obey just laws, it is equally as logical that individuals have responsibility to disobey and resist unjust laws. This resistance to injustice can lead to changes in the laws themselves to make them more just. For example, Martin Luther King, Jr. led many nonviolent protests against the segregation between white and colored people. One such protest involved a group of black people peacefully sitting in the white section of a bar. These people were disobeying the law at the time, but most people today would agree that these segregation laws were unjust. Rosa Parks, another activist against segregation, performed her own protest by refusing to give up her seat for a white person. These people's resistance to these unjust laws eventually led to the overturning of these laws. Another example of the resistance to laws in favor for more just ones is when women in America fought for their right to vote in the early 20th century. The protests and resistance to the laws at the time led to more just laws allowing women to vote.
The aforementioned examples discussed how the obedience of just laws and the disobedience of unjust laws lead to a more just society. However, what makes a law "just"? These examples were taken in the context of Western society, more specifically, American society, but there may be places in the world where the meaning of "just" is completely different. In a dictatorship, for example, it may be "just" to kill or severely punish individuals who speak against the dictator. Many in Western society would not consider this law a just law, but those in that society may believe that it is just and that they should not resist it. It may seem "just" in some societies to force women to wear particular pieces of clothing while letting men wear whatever they want. In these cases, an individual may take responsibility to disobey these "just" laws in order to achieve what he or she feels just. On the other hand, those who believe these laws are just and follow them may actually be harming society.
Most lawmakers believe that the laws they write are just and should be followed accordingly. However, "just" is relative to a society's culture and norms, so while generally speaking, it may be beneficial for individuals in a society to obey just laws and disobey unjust laws, this may not apply in all cases.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 87, Rule ID: EQUALLY_AS[1]
Message: Don't say 'equally as'. You can use either 'equally' or 'as' on its own. When comparing two nouns, use 'just as'.
Suggestion: equally; as; just as
...responsibility to obey just laws, it is equally as logical that individuals have responsib...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, actually, but, however, if, may, so, therefore, thus, while, for example, sort of, in all cases, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 33.0505617978 151% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 77.0 58.6224719101 131% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2967.0 2235.4752809 133% => OK
No of words: 592.0 442.535393258 134% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01182432432 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.93265142912 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88031394761 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 262.0 215.323595506 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.442567567568 0.4932671777 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 942.3 704.065955056 134% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.2761546276 60.3974514979 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.888888889 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9259259259 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.7037037037 5.21951772744 90% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 15.0 5.13820224719 292% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.242931260189 0.243740707755 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0897966822421 0.0831039109588 108% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0651442696079 0.0758088955206 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.158501203528 0.150359130593 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0310575036207 0.0667264976115 47% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 14.1392134831 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.78 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.72 8.38706741573 92% => OK
difficult_words: 114.0 100.480337079 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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