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This paper discusses issues of racism, social inequality and unjust laws and then presents an argument in favor of Martin Luther King's position on the necessity of civil disobedience. The paper also makes a comparison between King's ideas and actions and those of Socrates.

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"Philosophers and political activists alike have struggled to determine the conditions under which human beings are morally entitled to disobey the law. Two thinkers, Socrates and the more contemporary Dr Martin Luther King, will be used in advancing a personal belief in the necessity of civil disobedience under certain circumstances It will be argued herein-that whereas Socrates rejected any form of civil disobedience that brought an individual into conflict with the State, Dr Martin Luther King held that there were times when..."

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