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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...
or supports the individual personality is just; anything disrespectful or degrading is unjust (274). Himself a contempora...
Firstly, one might suppose that Thoreau would support the Occupy Wall Street protests due to his assertion that individuals should...
are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...
garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...
emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...
"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)....
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...
being. If it was all the same to them, he must have said, Ill stay where I am. His famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" were pub...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
his guidance, he tried to impart upon them the importance of Gods word with regard to compassion and benevolence toward all, not m...
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...
(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...
a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...
punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...
provides a more peaceful perspective and make environmental civil disobedience known. Civil disobedience in many ways highlights t...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
In seven pages this paper examines civil disobedience as envisioned by MLK and the lack of conformity of Gandhi to this view. Fou...
public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...
and intolerant of commonly accepted methods. This negative connotation of individualism - which is to maintain an independence fr...
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 ...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at illegal workers. A case is made for civil disobedience as an ethical response. Pape...
tax. Patriot II is slated to replace the Patriot Act, but it is not yet fully refined and defined in its scope (Drake, 2003). Li...
party members from holding office any longer than five years. Other member protections inherent to the Act include secret electio...