week 12

I agree with St. Augustine that an unjust law is no law at all because people need some type of rules to follow. I f there wasn't any law to keep people from doing all sorts of things, there would be total chaos. However, I still believe that the people have the right to participate in civil disobedience because throughout history there has been laws that have marginalized and disenfranchised certain groups of people. Sometimes those who make the laws don't necessarily have everyone's best interest in mind. So any unjust law would be one that helps a few and deprives many.

week 11

I agree with Mills that certainly some people will engage in self destructive behavior, it is best to let these people live their life as best as they want to. The only way to truly be free is by not being coerced or forced to do something by the state. When it comes to money most people don't have the freedom to do as they please, simply because the money distribution in this country is heavily concentrated at the top. Therefore, most people don't have freedom to invest their money of doing something else with it. 

week 9

It isn't impossible to follow a lifestyle as the Buddhist do in the United States but I highly doubt it. This capitalist society that we live in leaves no more for Buddhism. This isn't a free world but a free market, which consist of people who consume more than they should because this society has produced it. Greed is one main concept of capitalism which conflicts with Buddhism and detaching from our narrow concern with ourselves and our own desires. Even for times like now when the holidays are coming up, instead of celebrating Christmas for the birth of Jesus we just mass produce toys and make it about gifts.