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citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...
a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...
or supports the individual personality is just; anything disrespectful or degrading is unjust (274). Himself a contempora...
In six pages this paper presents a mock Nightline interview featuring author of The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon and nonviol...
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 ...
and intolerant of commonly accepted methods. This negative connotation of individualism - which is to maintain an independence fr...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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 paper discusses how Henry David Thoreau's views on the inner self manifest themselves in the 'Minott, the Poeti...
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 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...
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 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at illegal workers. A case is made for civil disobedience as an ethical response. Pape...
human tendencies that fall alongside the more admirable qualities. These qualities, in fact, can be credited with the less praise...
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 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...