Law and Justice

Question 1

True or False, According to Hobbes, an action is just if and only if it upholds the law.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False, According to Hobbes, an action is unjust if and only if it violates a law.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False, According to Hobbes, there is no justice independently of law.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False, According to Zinn, an action that violates a law can be just.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or False, According to Zinn, an action that upholds the law can be unjust.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False, According to Zinn, there is justice independently of law.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or False, According to King, an action that violates a law can be just.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or False, According to King, an action that upholds a law can be unjust.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

According to King, there is justice independently of law.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

According to Zinn, an act of civil disobedience is just only if the only intention is to uphold “higher justice”

Answer 10

True/False

Question 11

According to Hobbes, civil disobedience is just when it’s protesting a harmful law.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

According to Zinn, civil disobedience is always just.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

According to King, civil disobedience is always just.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

According to Zinn, civil disobedience is just only if you accept legal punishment.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

According to Zinn, if you approve of any civil disobedience, then you should approve of all civil disobedience.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

According to Zinn, civil disobedience is just whenever the people engaged in it believe they are upholding a higher law.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

According to King, civil disobedience is immoral if it leads to violence

Answer 17

False

Question 18

According to King, civil disobedience is only morally permissible if it doesn’t cause tension.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

According to King, people should only engage in civil disobedience in their own cities

Answer 19

False