Martin Luther King,Jr.refused to obey the injunction in Birmingham in the early 1960s 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.

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Martin Luther King Jr.'s actions were based on the natural law ethical model, which holds that there is a higher moral law that transcends the laws of governments and societies. King believed that segregation laws were a violation of natural law and that he had a moral obligation to resist them.