Non-negotiable : essential principles of a just society and humane culture /

What gave Abraham Lincoln the authority to declare the freedom and choice to own slaves as immoral? After all, the law of the land allowed it. What gave Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King the authority to lead a whole movement calling civil laws immoral and demanding new civil rights laws that recognized t...

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Main Author: Liaugminas, Sheila (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Ignatius Press, [2014]
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