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permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...

are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...

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

perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...

"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...

government is as likely as the army to be "abused and perverted before the people can act through it" (Thoreau, 1849). He cites th...

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

or supports the individual personality is just; anything disrespectful or degrading is unjust (274). Himself a contempora...

garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...

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

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...

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...

provides a more peaceful perspective and make environmental civil disobedience known. Civil disobedience in many ways highlights t...

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

(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...

citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...

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...

In six pages this paper presents a mock Nightline interview featuring author of The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon and nonviol...

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 quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...

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...

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...