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    attitude was not that of most Western pacifists. Satyagraha‚ first evolved in South Africa‚ was a sort of non-violent warfare‚ a way of defeating the enemy without hurting him and without feeling or arousing hatred. It entailed such things as civil disobedience‚ strikes‚ lying down in front of railway trains‚ enduring police charges without running away and without hitting back‚ and the like. Gandhi objected to “passive resistance” as a translation of Satyagraha: in Gujarati‚ it seems‚ the word means

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    Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” Directions: Read “Civil Disobedience.” As you read‚ underline examples of Thoreau using rhetorical devices and identify and explain the devices via annotation. Answer questions 1-4 to prepare for further work with a small group. The group will work together on questions 5 through 8. Be ready to explain your answers to the whole class. Even when you’re working as a group you should be writing the answers. 1. Based on your reading of “Civil Disobedience‚” what

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    Civil law study guide Chapter 1 1. Why does the study of law involve more than simply memorizing rules? simply memorizing the holding or "rule" of a case‚ you must be able to identify the particular factors that led the court to decide the case the way it did‚ and then determine whether those same factors are present in the case you’re now considering. 2. What is legal reasoning? The applying of the legal rules to a client’s specific factual situation 3. What is the doctrine of stare decisis

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    Civil disobedience has happened in our government and society since it was created. Civil disobedience is the refusal to pay taxes and fines or comply to certain laws‚ as a very peaceful and not harmful type of protest. Many people have used civil disobedience to make their point against different issues in our society. It positively affects our society. Our first amendment right protects freedom of speech. Although sometimes in peaceful civil disobedience we are not technically "speaking"‚ but

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    sources have begun to call for acts of civil disobedience to defeat President Trump’s actions‚ arguing that citizens have a duty to protest in keeping with their conscience. We can be certain that this kind of rhetoric‚ and the protests that go along with it are not going to disappear any time soon‚ and thus we must question whether civil disobedience positively or negatively impacts our free society. To begin‚ let us examine the biggest problem with Civil disobedience: it undermines the peoples elected

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    Throughout history‚ civil disobedience has been the catalyst for change. Societies who have had oppressed people used civil disobedience to bring attention to the injustices they have suffered. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it is plays on the conscience of the oppressors and makes it easy for people to stand up for their own rights. Martin Luther King Jr. is a prime example as to why peaceful resistance to laws has a positive effect on a free society. King

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    Logos‚ Ethos and Pathos in “Civil Disobedience” Henry David Thoreau uses many examples of the logos‚ ethos and pathos appeals in his essay titled “Civil Disobedience”. Thoreau’s ideals and opinions on the state of the government in 1849 are represented throughout his essay‚ and he uses logical reasoning‚ credible examples‚ and draws on the emotional appeals of his audience to represent his thesis. Thoreau’s uses multiple analogies presenting logical appeal‚ or logos‚ throughout his essay. In

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    According to the Civil Liability Act 1936‚ the word negligence is defined as doing or failing to do a thing that a reasonable person would or would not do in certain type of situation and this may cause a person to suffer from any damage‚ injury or loss as a result. And in order to access the negligence of any individual as well as the liability that those individuals may encounter due to their act of negligent‚ it is important to know how negligence is determined in law. According to the Law of Negligence

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    effect might be to dissuade an isolated individual from civil disobedience on the basis of uncertainty. Cohen‚ a University of Michigan philosopher‚ posits that every citizen has a prima facie duty to obey the nation’s laws; in knowingly breaking a law the disobedient has engaged in serious action‚ which is however less than revolutionary since he accepts the basic legitimacy of the authorities. Reviewing utilitarian arguments for civil disobedience‚ Cohen’s gnawing doubts get the better of him: ""It

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    change. This change begins with action. Acts of civil disobedience are necessary in any democratic society. The ideology began with Thomas Jefferson’s concept of rebellion. It was later demonstrated by the outcry that led to Brown v Board of Education and continued with Rosa Parks’ defiance on a bus. Through Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter from a Birmingham jail and present-day protests in airports nationwide‚ it is evident that peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. Thomas Jefferson

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