What is the significance of King’s use of Aquinas in developing his theory of non-violent resistance? In answering this question, make sure to
Please respond to the following topics in a well-crafted essay of approximately 4-5 double-spaced pages. Your essay should be well-written, spell-checked and carefully proofread. Excellent responses will take into account a close reading of the primary documents we have covered so far, where relevant. Please note that this is not a research paper but an exercise in your own critical analysis of the readings. You will be graded on your ability to analyze the texts carefully, to cite apposite details from the text, and to argue an original, logically consistent and well-focused claim about the readings throughout the entire paper.
In his letter, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., writes: “To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.” What is the significance of King’s use of Aquinas in developing his theory of non-violent resistance? In answering this question, make sure to explore Aquinas’s theory of the purpose of law, the relation of law to reason, and the relation of eternal and natural law to human and positive law. To what extent does King agree with Aquinas’s philosophy of law, and to what extent does he add to, or break from, Aquinas’s framework?
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