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being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...
requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...
the natural world. Nature, he asserts, is secretive, but at the same time it is human beings who will eventually be able to unlock...
Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...
a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...
imposed boundaries. He asks, "What sort of a country is that where the huckleberry fields are private property? When I pass such f...
of the soil" (Thoreau 326). In one of most famous lines in his text, Thoreau writes that "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desp...
personality was bolder and more action-oriented than Emersons. He was far more progressive and activist than Emerson on the anti-s...
other people, and from the conventions that bind us together. We might also consider the way in which Thoreau considers his hous...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...
perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...
courts and token governorships were merely means to placate the population without offering "real freedom or power" (Fischer 158)....
are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...
human tendencies that fall alongside the more admirable qualities. These qualities, in fact, can be credited with the less praise...
or supports the individual personality is just; anything disrespectful or degrading is unjust (274). Himself a contempora...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at illegal workers. A case is made for civil disobedience as an ethical response. Pape...
citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...
In seven pages this research paper examines how King's philosophy of nonviolent protest was influenced by Indian practitioner of c...
In six pages this paper presents a mock Nightline interview featuring author of The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon and nonviol...
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...
for their own activities. Mankind all too often, in fact, views wilderness is something to be constrained and tamed. This is tru...
In eight pages this paper compares the approaches to civil disobedience by Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy noting various differenc...
provides a more peaceful perspective and make environmental civil disobedience known. Civil disobedience in many ways highlights t...
In seven pages this paper examines civil disobedience as envisioned by MLK and the lack of conformity of Gandhi to this view. Fou...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...
Gandhi is discussed from a social work perspective. Various aspects of his achievements are explored. The micro, macro and mezzo l...
In five pages the historical definitions of responsibility and freedom and how they have changed are featured in the works 'A Mode...
In five pages this paper examines the justifiability of civil disobedience in a consideration of several philosophers and theori...
In five pages this paper examines King's 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' in a consideration of the effectiveness of nonviolence an...