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permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
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...
as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...
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...
gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...
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...
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 ...
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...
In eight pages this paper discusses the life and activism of this influential advocate of civil disobedience and questions his com...
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...
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 paper examines the influence of the creative outsider in America in a consideration of the texts My Antonia by ...
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 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 a paper of three pages, the writer looks at illegal workers. A case is made for civil disobedience as an ethical response. Pape...
In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...
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...
perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...
In five pages this paper discusses how Henry David Thoreau's views on the inner self manifest themselves in the 'Minott, the Poeti...
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...