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public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...
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 quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...
are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...
"That government is best which governs least....For government is an expedient by which men would...
courts and token governorships were merely means to placate the population without offering "real freedom or power" (Fischer 158)....
emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...
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...
perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...
his objective was not to inflict harm but rather to remove the catalyst for drug activity. Is that not what resides at the founda...
In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...
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 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 discusses how Henry David Thoreau's views on the inner self manifest themselves in the 'Minott, the Poeti...
In five pages this essay examines the notion that Thoreau advocates breaking the law when it becomes morally important to do so wi...
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 eight pages this paper discusses the life and activism of this influential advocate of civil disobedience and questions his com...
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 eight pages this paper compares the approaches to civil disobedience by Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy noting various differenc...
for their own activities. Mankind all too often, in fact, views wilderness is something to be constrained and tamed. This is tru...
citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
In six pages this paper presents a mock Nightline interview featuring author of The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon and nonviol...
(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...
In seven pages this research paper examines how King's philosophy of nonviolent protest was influenced by Indian practitioner of c...