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    In this particular passage from “Civil Disobedience: Destroyer of Democracy” civil disobedient such as Socrates‚ Gandhi‚ and Thoreau are discussed and why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. isn’t and shouldn’t be considered a civil disobedient. According to Lewis H. Van Dusen the definition of a civil disobedient is “The civil disobedient withholds taxes or violates state laws knowing he is legally wrong but believing he is morally right. The premises that supports the truth of the conclusion of the following

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    Singer‚ tries to persuade that Bob’s situation is equivalent to everyday people who do not give to an organization to help aid those that are less fortunate. Although‚ he does make a point to say that we as a society put out luxuries over helping humans in need. What fails to be of equivalency to the situation and the reality of being exposed and seeing a state in which you are directly positioned to act upon verses something that you do not see‚ or are not exposed to it. Morally it is wrong for

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    Sharon Ahmed Walden and Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau is one of the most interesting men I have ever encountered in my readings. Thoreau decided to isolate himself from all of civilization‚ far away from any neighborhood‚ town‚ business or governing body. In doing so he wished to discover what mankind could not teach him. In Walden and Civil Disobedience‚ he recorded his findings. Throughout most of this book i was confused...and then I was overwhelmed‚ but at the end of the day I’ve

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    Pathos “Emotional appeals (sometimes called appeals to pathos) are powerful tools for influencing what people think and believe” (Everything’s an argument 38). There are many methods that can be used to create an emotional connection with people. In the story called “The F word” by Firoozeh Dumas‚ the author use humor to emotionally connect the readers to her story. In some instances when writers want to get a deeper message across to the audiences they use a sadder approach. In the commercial

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    British leaders knew that Gandhi’s followers held him in such high esteem that they would engage in mass civil disobedience because of political and personal influence. They had no choice‚ over the course of many years‚ to negotiate with Mahatma and the Indian National Congress‚ which resulted in the alleviation of poverty‚ enshrined rights for women‚ status to ‘untouchables’

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    need the full support of the thirteen colonies even if that meant that Thomas Jefferson would have to change some of the topics including anything with slavery and anything that spoke negatively against King George. In Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience‚ he wanted nothing to do with the American government‚ Thoreau referred to it as a "machine" and "That government is best which governs least" people should not have to conform to government. They should able to do whatever they want; no

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    Civil Disobedience means to peacefully refuse or comply with specific laws you personally do not agree with‚ and accepting the consequences by not following said laws. Throughout history you see Civil Disobedience from great people such as Martin Luther King Jr‚ Rosa Parks‚ “later in life” Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela. Each of these great historic people contributed to Civil Disobedience‚ trying to equalize African Americans in a Caucasian set world. As a whole our instinctive feeling is to divide

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    Disobedience is a valuable human trait and it promotes social progress. The beginning of time starts with disobedience. Humans tend to attract to trouble like a moth to a flame. When someone is born they start off disobedient. Humans have to be taught how to behave. It is to be imbedded into our brains to make the right decisions. The Bible is a good example of this claim. When God told Eve not to eat the fruit from the garden‚ what did she do? She ate the fruit instead of following God’s directions

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    Henry David Thoreau is one of the most influential individuals with the ideas he expresses through his writing. In “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience‚” Henry Thoreau goes into great detail about how our government system isn’t what it needs to be and what he wishes the government would change rather than completely getting rid of the government. Thoreau’s main point in this essay is that we simply need a better government. “...I ask for‚ not at once no government‚ but at once a better government

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    Civil disobedience is astute to violating the American laws. Thus is deterred incorrect. Peaceful resistance positively impacts a free society. Peaceful resistance is profound ed through: protest and The U.S Constitution. Therefore‚ these concepts and their significant impacts; allows civil disobedience to be in act to a free society. The Civil Right’s Movement‚ is established through protest motion. The movement was perceptive due to the‚ "Jim Crow Laws." The law signified the subordination

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