INTRODUCTORY ETHICS

KING'S LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL

1. WHY IN BIRMINGHAM?

 

2. HIS MISSION

 

3. INTERRELATEDNESS OF COMMUNITIES

 

4. CAUSES OF DEMONSTRATIONS

 

5. FOUR ELEMENTS OF NON-VIOLENT CAMPAIGNS

A. COLLECTION OF FACTS

B. NEGOTIATION

C. SELF-PURIFICATION

D. DIRECT ACTION

 

6. HIS EVIDENCE/FACTS

 

7. BREAKING LAWS

 

8. TWO KINDS OF LAW

A. UNJUST

B. JUST

 

9. HIERARCHY OF LAWS

A. LAW OF GOD/MORAL LAW/ETERNAL LAW

B. (DIVINE LAW)

C. NATURAL LAW

D. HUMAN/CIVIL LAW

 

10. NON-VIOLENCE

 

11. "ORDER"

 

12. COURAGE

 

13. CONSCIENCE