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Civil Disobedience and Abortion

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

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...

Cesar Chavez, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Henry David Thoreau on Nonviolence

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

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...

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...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' and Plato's Crito

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

Jesus vs. Thoreau, a Comparison

public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...

"Letter from the Birmingham City Jail," and Martin Luther KIng's Concepts of Just, Unjust, and Morality

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

King and Thoreau

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

Literary Social Criticism

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

EcoTerrorism and Eco Sabotage vs. Civil Disobedience

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

Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

In seven pages this paper examines civil disobedience as envisioned by MLK and the lack of conformity of Gandhi to this view. Fou...

Civil Disobedience and Philosophy

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

Thoreau and King

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

Leadership and Mahatma Gandhi

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

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...

Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965

Act: "All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, and privileges, advantages...

Anne Moody and Civil Rights Coming of Age in Mississippi

house (Moody 44). Bruce Clayton and John Salmond, who wrote, Debating Southern History, state that during the fifties and sixties...

U.S. Voting Rights

is 18 years of age has the right to vote in all general governmental elections. NOTEWORTHY VOTING RIGHTS HISTORY The first notewo...

The Rights of Prisoners as an Historical Overview

In a paper of eight pages the Ruffin v. Commonwealth case of 1871 is considered in terms of the civil rights' indifference shown t...

Workers Rights' Protection and Labor

In five pages this paper discusses civil rights, rights for women, the 'temp' or temporary worker, and safety in the workplace in ...

Different Approaches of Civil Rights Leaders Malcolm X and Martin Luther King

In five pages this paper evaluates the short and long term influences of Malcolm and King in a contrasting of their very different...

American Reality of Segregation

In five pages this paper examines the U.S. history of segregation and how despite concerted civil rights' efforts, still remains. ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Message and the Media

In five pages this paper examines the media's role in presenting Martin Luther King's civil rights' message in a consideration of ...

Electronic Media Impact Upon the Life and Achievements of Martin Luther King Jr.

In eight pages this paper examines how Dr. King used the electronic media to get his civil rights' message across. Six sources ar...

The Civil Wars by Julius Caesar

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of The Civil Wars by Julius Caesar. This relates the central themes a...

Civil Procedure - A Summary

or a given dispute (Marcus & Rowe, 2008). Constitutional citations are usually given to grant or deny jurisdiction to a given co...

The Potential Clash of Alignment of Civil Liberties and Security Controls

and the rights of privacy prevented a more proactive actions being taken to find these threats. This is a core element of the argu...

Trial of the King Killers: English Civil War

This essay presents a review of "The English Civil War: Trial of the King Killers," which is a short video that dramatizes several...

Civil Law Countries and Their Criminal Justice Systems

as if the major difference between the nations of Europe, with the exception of Great Britain that is entrenched in the common law...