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    Civil Disobedience in Abortion Current laws pertaining to abortion are diverse. Religious‚ moral‚ and cultural feelings continue to influence abortion laws throughout the world. The right to life‚ the right to liberty‚ and the right to security of person are major issues of human rights that are sometimes used as justification for the existence or the absence of laws controlling abortion. In many countries abortion is legal but only under certain circumstances. When talking about Civil Disobedience

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    The ‘Right’ of Civil Disobedience I. Introduction Civil disobedience refers to a politically motivated breach of law designed either to contribute directly to a change of a law or of a public policy‚ or to express one’s protest against‚ and dissociation from‚ a law or public policy. Examples include the American Civil Rights Movement‚ and the fight against South African apartheid. There has been much academic discussion regarding the ‘right’ of civil disobedience and its justifications

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    Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience advocates the need to prioritize one’s conscience over the dictates of laws. It criticizes American social institutions and policies‚ most prominently slavery and the Mexican American War. In Civil Disobedience‚ Thoreau introduces the idea of civil disobedience that was used later by Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King. In fact‚ many consider Thoreau as the greatest exponent of passive resistance of the 19th century. The

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    Civil Disobedience was written by Henry David Thoreau. The Letter From A Birmingham Jail was written by Martin Luther King Jr. They both had similarities and differences. There were injustices that were done wrong to each of them by others in the society in which they both lived. The injustices and civil disobedience they incurred should never happen to anyone. Henry David Thoreau spoke in an emotional tone in his essayCivil Disobedience.” The emotional part of his essay of Civil Disobedience

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    the “Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen” it has stated that the law was handling this situation in a “calm manner”. Saying that they will remain calm and continue to protect the city from violence. In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King says that the statement on how the Birmingham police “warmly states that they are keeping order and preventing violence”. He said that they have “dogs sinking their teeth into unarmed‚ nonviolent Negros”. The treatment of Negros by the police

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    Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King wrote the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in an exceedingly effective way. King used his intelligence‚ virtue‚ and honesty to write an appropriate reply to the criticism he received. He also used logic and emotional appeal. In the first paragraph King says‚ "... Since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and your criticisms are sincerely set forth..." He gives the ministers importance. He recognizes that these men are of "genuine food" and accepts their sincere

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    Thoreau. In “Civil Disobedience‚” Thoreau promotes resisting unjust government actions. Although not opposed to violent solutions‚ Thoreau encourages less aggressive measures. Specifically‚ Thoreau gave the example of refusing to pay certain taxes. Following this idea‚ King writes in detail about nonviolent resistance in his first book‚ Stride Toward Freedom. King describes how one of Thoreau’s works was his original inspiration for his peaceful approach explaining‚ “. . . I read Thoreau’s Essay on Civil

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    In his essayCivil Disobedience‚ Henry David Thoreau introduced his audience to his personal thoughts regarding the injustice of the American government. Moreover‚ he sought to encourage individual action to boycott any law or institution instilled by the government that was in any way conflicting with a person’s beliefs. A true revolutionary at heart‚ Thoreau put his words into action by refusing to pay his poll tax for 6 years and was forced to spend the night in jail because of it. Rather than

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    democracy? Civil disobedience is a form of peaceful political protest in an active opposition to comply with certain laws considered unjust while accepting the consequences. Within the history of the United States of America three instances that support that civil disobedience impacts a free society positively consist of a paper by Harris g. Mirkin known as Rebellion‚ Revolution‚ and the Constitution "Thomas Jefferson’s theory of civil disobedience"‚ Martin Luther King Jr’s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

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    The play Antigone is a tragedy play that most of the characters were killed at the end. The central theme of this play is “civil disobedience” and is about the controversies between gender‚ power‚ age‚ religion‚ beliefs‚ and laws. The script begins with Antigone asking Ismene to bury their brother because Creon‚ their uncle passed down a decree saying no one is allowed to bury Polynices because he betrayed his country can killed his own brother. Antigone chose to disobey the law and was sentenced

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