begin with a definition of what social justice means. Read Crito through again and take notes on Plato s concepts of justice and then discuss the concept of justice. What makes an action just or unjust? Why is it necessary to obey an unjust law? Then read Civil Disobedience again and take careful notes of Thoreau s ideas about social justice. Discuss under what
conditions one is permitted, or even called upon, to violate the law. Finally, follow up with King Letter from Birmingham Jail. Was King justified in his actions? Was he more or less justified in disobeying the law than was Thoreau? What is the difference between the two cases that might cause you to say the action of one is justified, but the action of another person is not? Or is the argument for a group of people more powerful than for a single individual Declaration of Independence and/or Letter from Birmingham Jail paired with Civil Disobedience and/or Crito and why or why not? The ideas of civil rights of the individual compared/contrasted to the civil rights of a large group of individuals
