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Justification for Law Breaking in Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience

In five pages this essay examines the notion that Thoreau advocates breaking the law when it becomes morally important to do so wi...

Life and Legacy of Indian Political Activist Mohandas K. Gandhi

In eight pages this paper discusses the life and activism of this influential advocate of civil disobedience and questions his com...

Leadership and Mahatma Gandhi

human tendencies that fall alongside the more admirable qualities. These qualities, in fact, can be credited with the less praise...

Utopian Society and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...

Civil Disobedience and the Vietnam War

act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...

Thoreau/Civil Disobedience

American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...

Struggles for Equality in Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

being Thomas Jefferson) gathered to write their objections down on paper. Among the objections were what were termed "self eviden...

Civil Disobedience and Abortion

"That government is best which governs least....For government is an expedient by which men would...

An Analysis of Louis Fischer's, The Essential Gandhi

courts and token governorships were merely means to placate the population without offering "real freedom or power" (Fischer 158)....

Freedom from Oppression in Night by Elie Wiesel, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.

was free only in the technical sense. Within, he remained as oppressed as he had been when the Nazis imprisoned him and his famil...

How Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Define 'Self Reliance'

emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...

Illegal Workers and Ethical Responses

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at illegal workers. A case is made for civil disobedience as an ethical response. Pape...

The Occupy Wall Street Protests - Would Thoreau Approve

Firstly, one might suppose that Thoreau would support the Occupy Wall Street protests due to his assertion that individuals should...

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Vietnam War 'Shot Down' the Great Society Envisioned by President Lyndon B. Johnson

actually put into practice what JFK preached in his New Frontier - equal rights for all citizens. Johnson seemed worthy of their ...

Comparing Erasmus and Luther

monastic vows, at the age of 30, Erasmus journeyed to the University of Paris and studied theology, completing this course of stud...

Martin Luther

www.paperwriters.com/aftersale.htm Introduction Martin Luther is well considered to be one of the most important individuals in ...

Humanist Erasmus

the more blatant abuses of the Church, such as the sale of indulgences, but on the whole "remained devout, orthodox and sincere" (...

Letter of James and Martin Luther

the discovery that "the just person," who is referred to in scripture (such as Roman 1:17) lives by faith and justification pertai...

Government and Christianity

became less sure of their eternal salvation (Council, 2004). Thus, the tenuous relationship between government and Christianity m...

Augustine, Aquinas and Luther/Role of Government

those who would do evil. Augustine couched his ideas on government within his concept of two cities, an earthly city and a city o...

Language Use of Martin Luther

In five pages this paper examines how Germanic languages were influenced by the language and metaphorical uses of Martin Luther in...

Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

In eight pages this essay analyzes the text's complexity in terms of Bunyan's uses of setting, allegory, and characterization with...

European Witchcraft by E.W. Monter

In five pages this paper examines how European witchcraft is presented in the text by E.W. Monter with religious perspectives offe...

Protestant Religion's Lutheran Sect

needed (292). This was an important aspect. He was saying that the Pope was not really necessary, nor was the church, but rather i...

Political Theory, Human Nature, and the Theories of Thomas Paine, John Locke, and Martin Luther

In five pages this paper examines how political theory incorporates human nature concepts articulated by Thomas Paine, John, Locke...

Career of the Reformer by Martin Luther

wrath" (29). In essence, the "Theses," call for a return to a religion of faith that truly emphasizes Christian principles. This, ...

Adler, Erikson, Freud, and Birth Order

In an essay consisting of five pages Adler's birth order concepts are compared with Freud's and Erikson's developmental theories w...

Catholic Reformation and Ulrich Zwingli

did not prohibit, Zwingli prohibited what the Bible did not specifically prescribe. He stressed the ability of common people to in...

Virtuous Act of Disobedience

In six pages the virtues of disobedience are celebrated with an incorporation of the essay 'Disobedience as a Psychological and Mo...

Christianity and the Influence of Martin Luther

This paper consists of five pages and considers how Christianity was influenced by the life and works of Martin Luther. Four sour...