Every individual in a society has a responsibility 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.
The text claims that it is an individual's responsibility to obey just laws and to disobey or resist unjust laws. Laws are made after a lot of deliberation and thought and are made for the betterment of the society. I believe that it surely is an individual's responsibility to obey these laws. But, also to resist the laws that are misrepresentative of the society and could be unjust to sections of the society.
Laws of a country highlight the underlying social beliefs and attitudes towards certain sections of society. The laws can be taken as a representation of the society's beliefs. As the society rapidly changes, the laws soon become archaic and are a misrepresentation of the society, which leads to resistance towards these outdated and unjust laws.
There are various historical and current issues which highlight this point. In the United States, the laws did not permit female citizens to vote. This was representative of the archaic view that all important matters should be left to the males and females should be confined to household chores. As the society progressed, women became more educated and the resistance towards this law increased, as it was deemed unjust to women. In 1920, the landmark amendment to the constitution was made, which granted women the right to vote.
Currently, the fight for LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) rights has been gaining momentum all across the world. The present laws are restrictive towards this section of humanity, which is extremely unjust. It is illegal to be a homosexual in some parts of the world, which is saddening.
Another example is the increase of gun violence in the United States. People are resisting the law which permits firearms possession, due to increasing incidents pertaining to gun violence, such as mass shootings and accidental murders.
In India, there is a petition to decrease the legal drinking age, which is currently 25 years. It is a very grave misrepresentation of the society, as India is a young country with the average age of about 20 years. The resistance towards this law is constantly increasing and has garnered support from various celebrities as well.
These examples show that while it is an individual's responsibility to obey just laws, it is also his/her responsibility to resist unjust ones. Civil disobedience and resistance to certain laws have been ways to make way for positive changes in the society. Resistance has led to the laws being amended and being more inclusive. Laws should be malleable and be representative of the current society at large. And resistance is the way to shape them.
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The text claims that it is an individuals responsibility to obey just laws and to...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'individuals'' or 'individual's'?
Suggestion: individuals'; individual's
...society. I believe that it surely is an individuals responsibility to obey these laws. But,...
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...owards these outdated and unjust laws. There are various historical and current...
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...he society progressed, women became more educated and the resistance towards this...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'individuals'' or 'individual's'?
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...These examples show that while it is an individuals responsibility to obey just laws, it is...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'so', 'well', 'while', 'such as']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.261603375527 0.240241500013 109% => OK
Verbs: 0.185654008439 0.157235817809 118% => OK
Adjectives: 0.07805907173 0.0880659088768 89% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0316455696203 0.0497285424764 64% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0189873417722 0.0444667217837 43% => OK
Prepositions: 0.0886075949367 0.12292977631 72% => OK
Participles: 0.0464135021097 0.0406280797675 114% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.00218541798 2.79330140395 107% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0464135021097 0.030933414821 150% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.0016655270985 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.12447257384 0.0997080785238 125% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0105485232068 0.0249443105267 42% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0168776371308 0.0148568991511 114% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2624.0 2732.02544248 96% => OK
No of words: 432.0 452.878318584 95% => OK
Chars per words: 6.07407407407 6.0361032391 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.55901411391 4.58838876751 99% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.368055555556 0.366273622748 100% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.291666666667 0.280924506359 104% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.189814814815 0.200843997647 95% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.125 0.132149295362 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.00218541798 2.79330140395 107% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 219.290929204 93% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.474537037037 0.48968727796 97% => OK
Word variations: 52.3786660803 55.4138127331 95% => OK
How many sentences: 25.0 20.6194690265 121% => OK
Sentence length: 17.28 23.380412469 74% => OK
Sentence length SD: 32.0636866252 59.4972553346 54% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.96 141.124799967 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.28 23.380412469 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.24 0.674092028746 36% => More Discourse Markers wanted.
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.94800884956 141% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.21349557522 96% => OK
Readability: 46.4466666667 51.4728631049 90% => OK
Elegance: 1.67857142857 1.64882698954 102% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.462776023912 0.391690518653 118% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.11395810712 0.123202303941 92% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0821606417331 0.077325440228 106% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.595468039998 0.547984918172 109% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.122820230773 0.149214159877 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.192110323156 0.161403998019 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0798083624141 0.0892212321368 89% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.357115747938 0.385218514788 93% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.100538289826 0.0692045440612 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.294976685068 0.275328986314 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0876858890012 0.0653680567796 134% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.4325221239 96% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.30420353982 189% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88274336283 102% => OK
Positive topic words: 5.0 7.22455752212 69% => OK
Negative topic words: 9.0 3.66592920354 246% => OK
Neutral topic words: 3.0 2.70907079646 111% => OK
Total topic words: 17.0 13.5995575221 125% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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