Civil Disobedience Women's Rights
Woman's suffrage was made possible with the use of civil disobedience. Segregation laws were abolished with the use of civil disobedience. Same- sex marriage was accomplished with the use of civil disobedience. All these examples make up one answer; Civil disobedience does positively impact a free society.
How will the government understand the people's needs if they are not shown what laws are unnecessary and unfair? Rosa Parks is a well-known example. She violated the Jim Crow law that "enforced racial segregation in the South until 1965" and it can be agreed that this law was unjust. Her civil disobedience started a revolution that would mark the end of segregation. The 381 day long boycott allowed the end of bus segregation with the supreme court deeming it unconstitutional. Rosa Park did not use violence, she fully understood the law but knew it was unjust. Many other revolutionaries like Rosa Park have used these …show more content…
Carl Cohen writes "Persons who engage in civil disobedience deliberately flout the law; They make light of it in a way the cannot be justified in a law governing community." I strongly disagree with this argument. Yes, one does "deliberately flout the law" when committing a civil disobedience act but it is a way to protest for ones believes. The government would not listen to its people with just a letter asking to change a law. They need to be informed with an act. Carl Cohen also writes "Civil disobedience Supposes the primacy of selfishness interests" and he argues that every act of civil disobedience is immoral and is against what society needs. He says that only certain people benefit the act of the certain civil disobedience. I do not agree with this statement because as mentioned before, Rosa Park, did not only help herself but the rest of the African Americans community. Alice Paul did not only help herself but the rest of the woman population who was not being
How will the government understand the people's needs if they are not shown what laws are unnecessary and unfair? Rosa Parks is a well-known example. She violated the Jim Crow law that "enforced racial segregation in the South until 1965" and it can be agreed that this law was unjust. Her civil disobedience started a revolution that would mark the end of segregation. The 381 day long boycott allowed the end of bus segregation with the supreme court deeming it unconstitutional. Rosa Park did not use violence, she fully understood the law but knew it was unjust. Many other revolutionaries like Rosa Park have used these …show more content…
Carl Cohen writes "Persons who engage in civil disobedience deliberately flout the law; They make light of it in a way the cannot be justified in a law governing community." I strongly disagree with this argument. Yes, one does "deliberately flout the law" when committing a civil disobedience act but it is a way to protest for ones believes. The government would not listen to its people with just a letter asking to change a law. They need to be informed with an act. Carl Cohen also writes "Civil disobedience Supposes the primacy of selfishness interests" and he argues that every act of civil disobedience is immoral and is against what society needs. He says that only certain people benefit the act of the certain civil disobedience. I do not agree with this statement because as mentioned before, Rosa Park, did not only help herself but the rest of the African Americans community. Alice Paul did not only help herself but the rest of the woman population who was not being