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a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...
garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at illegal workers. A case is made for civil disobedience as an ethical response. Pape...
In five pages this paper examines King's 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' in a consideration of the effectiveness of nonviolence an...
In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...
his objective was not to inflict harm but rather to remove the catalyst for drug activity. Is that not what resides at the founda...
gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...
provides a more peaceful perspective and make environmental civil disobedience known. Civil disobedience in many ways highlights t...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
he learns that his sons will fight and one will die. Thus, the reciting of the story is a punishment for Adam, a demonstration of ...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...
government is as likely as the army to be "abused and perverted before the people can act through it" (Thoreau, 1849). He cites th...
In eight pages this paper discusses the life and activism of this influential advocate of civil disobedience and questions his com...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
In eight pages this paper compares the approaches to civil disobedience by Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy noting various differenc...
In 1896, Plessy v. Fergusson asserted that "equal but separate" accommodations for blacks on railroad cars did not violate the "eq...
for their own activities. Mankind all too often, in fact, views wilderness is something to be constrained and tamed. This is tru...
kill. They are trained to do this in order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because offi...
American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...
In five pages this paper examines the influence of the creative outsider in America in a consideration of the texts My Antonia by ...
In six pages this paper examines how just law and unjust law are conceptualized in 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luthe...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how just law and unjust law are depicted in 'Civil Disobedience' by Thoreau and 'L...
In ten pages postmodernism is considered in terms of globalization and how it has affected civil disobedience practices. Eight so...
In five pages this essay examines the notion that Thoreau advocates breaking the law when it becomes morally important to do so wi...
In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...
as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...
In seven pages this research paper examines how King's philosophy of nonviolent protest was influenced by Indian practitioner of c...
In five pages this paper discusses how Henry David Thoreau's views on the inner self manifest themselves in the 'Minott, the Poeti...
In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...
In five pages the historical definitions of responsibility and freedom and how they have changed are featured in the works 'A Mode...