People have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws

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• Every part of life, public or private, carries moral duties, and what is right or wrong depends on them CICiceroc. 45–44 BCE
• There are two types of laws: just and unjust MJMartin Luther King Jr.c. 1963–1964
• Political responsibility exists apart from individual deeds and can be neither judged morally nor tried in a criminal court HAHannah Arendtc. 1964
• Whoever breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and willing to accept the penalty MJMartin Luther King Jr.c. 1963–1964
• A company owes its builders a moral contract: if they take the hill, leadership must work just as hard to unlock the value of what they built. MPMark Pincus2 Jun 2026

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