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    Civil Disobedience How can a country be happy with a law that mock and ridicule its society? What gives our leaders joy in undermining the spirits of others and divide us as a population? I ask these questions in regard to a new law that gives free things to those who do well on standardized tests. How come those exposed to this law not completely disagree? When something as absurd as this is proposed‚ they must rise against what they see as unjust. Additionally‚ this new law does not represent the

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    Civil Disobedience My favorite quote from the first couple of paragraphs was‚“ I think we should be men first‚ and subjects after.” I believe Thoreau’s thinking behind this quote was men were treated as government’s projects‚ instead of being themselves. From this quote the reader is able to see how men had no freedom and were treated like slaves of the government. They were forced to do things the government wanted them to do‚ instead of doing things they liked to do. Thoreau also shows that

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    Mahatma Gandhi says‚ “Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless and corrupt.” Gandhi was an Indian nationalist leader that against British-rule in Indian and also led India to independence; in addition‚ he inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. There was a question that everyone has been asking from wartime to recently: when is civil disobedience justified? There are a lot of civil disobedience movements around the world; everyone is willing

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    Philosophy 1010 9-14-10 Apology Questions 1. According to Socrates the difference between himself and his accusers is he is speaking the truth and the accusers aren’t being truthful. 2. The hardest group of accusers is Antis because they have lied to children 3. Socrates is being charged with corrupting the young and spaking badly about The Gods. 4. Socrates’ ironic point about Evenus is that they’re proud and conceited. 5. Socrates’ experience with the oracle at Delphi

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    Rawls argues that violence‚ when practicing civil disobedience‚ cannot be justified; however‚ violence is a part of civil disobedience; its qualities as both a practice and is justification hold true the goal of civil disobedience- a call for change in the laws or practices. Civil disobedience is an act in violation of a law‚ which is undertaken for moral reasons. Rawls’ view of civil disobedience is that it cannot be violent because of its nature. This practice does in fact have the abilities to

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    Intro Civil disobedience is the active‚ professed refusal to obey certain laws‚ demands‚ and commands of a government‚ or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is commonly‚ though not always‚[1][2] defined as being nonviolent resistance. It is one form of civil resistance. In one view (in India‚ known as ahimsa or satyagraha) it could be said that it iscompassion in the form of respectful disagreement. The Civil Disobedience Movement led by M K Gandhi‚ in the year 1930 was an

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    Henry David Thoreau wrote prominently about the importance of a working democracy and advocated for equality among all citizens. In The Duty of Disobedience‚ he states‚ There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power‚ from which all of its own power is derived and treats him accordingly…A State which bore this kind of fruit and suffered to drop off as fast as it ripened‚ would prepare the way

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    Civil Disobedience: An Act Which Citizens have the Moral Obligation to Complete Laws are created in order to protect and keep the common good in society. However‚ what if a person finds a law unjust; should they obey the law anyways or should they ignore it because they feel it goes against the common good? If a law is unjust‚ the people in that society should have the moral obligation to disobey the law. Of course‚ there are limitations as what is deemed unjust. A person cannot go against the law

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    Conor Fennessy Mr. Shortliffe A.P. Literature 28 November 2010 Civil Disobedience: Power in the Hands of the Betrayed Evolution is the gradual development of an entity into a more complex and improved form. Since the beginning of civilization‚ governmental bodies have evolved into more equal and just forms. However‚ governments haven’t independently progressed; individuals‚ both those that govern and those governed‚ have helped its advancement. I firmly agree with Albert Einstein that

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    I negate that civil disobedience‚ or “the refusal to obey certain laws‚ demands‚ or commands of a government‚ or of an occupying international power”‚ according to the dictionary‚ should be permissible. The rule of law provides the necessary structure for maintaining justice. Civil Disobedience is not permissible for three reasons: It sabotages democratic process‚ is self-defeating‚ and although a part of history‚ that does not make it morally just. Civil Disobedience is not permissible because it

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