Martin Luther King, Jr

Multiple Choice

Martin Luther King, Jr. refused to obey the injunction in Birmingham in the early 1960's that prohibited King from speaking publicly merely because he was black. He was jailed for his disobedience. King felt that there was a higher law than the law of the land. King's actions were most likely based on a(n) ____________ ethical model.

A) positive law
B) natural law
C) utilitarianism
D) social contract