Peaceful resistance to rules and regulations among society goes down historically as something so inevitably iconic as an occurrence known as civil disobedience. It is no doubt that civil disobedience‚ the act of opposing a law deemed unjust and peacefully disobeying it henceforth‚ spurs such great controversy in our society. Civil disobedience impacts society in a positive manner that does not hinder nor deteriorate the good name of the just nation that is home‚ but moreover poses as an influence
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every war proves this. A solution that has recently been growing in popularity is civil disobedience. Indians‚ African-Americans‚ and women have all used it
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proud dissonance between themselves and governmental tyrants‚ it’s difficult to ponder the ambiguously gray area of Civil Disobedience and it’s outcome in the world today. True‚ it has broken the chains of English oppression in our ancestral past‚ and obliterated the walls of division in countries devastated by global greed and European imperialism‚ but how exactly does Civil Disobedience affect a free society? Non-aggressive movements of protest seldom cause more problems than they solve‚ and often
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resistance prevents stagnation-- it is not only beneficial‚ it is essential. A free thinking society ought to exercise its right to think freely; without doing so‚ civilization halts at a precipice. For instance‚ Thoreau‚ in his argument for Civil Disobedience‚ argues that citizens simply
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Civil disobedience is derived off of free will and a blank slate‚ that a human’s ability to peacefully and soughtly disobey the law is courageous and brave. This world we live in is so twisted‚ we begin to start believing “the wrong people are in jail and the wrong people are out of jail”. So faintly it has become true‚ many of which that are in jail have fought/protested for a free society for the better. These type of people who act upon civil disobedience have a positive impact on society for
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the same conditions and fight for the same causes‚ therefore‚ both forms of civil disobedience are justifiable. Historically‚ marginalized groups‚ especially black communities in the United States‚ have experienced terror by the hands of police for centuries. After centuries of harassment‚ black communities have taken a stance against the injustices committed by those who are sworn in to protect them. Civil disobedience‚ whether violent or non-violent‚ is universally a justifiable method to achieve
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this quote‚ and it connects directly to the idea of civil disobedience. In order to change the world‚ people have to take action. Standing idly by and allowing injustice to occur‚ even if the majority fails to see the injustice‚ will not change the tides of history. Those who do stand to fight injustice in the law are remembered for their deeds for changing the world for the better. Henry David Thoreau is known for his work "Civil Disobedience" in which he explains the importance of opposing what
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free societies. The practice of civil disobedience started with Henry David Thoreau‚ who went on to rationalize his thoughts about the term. In his lecture‚he discloses into two principles that the government relies on the sufferance of the administered‚ and also how the citizen has the full right to determine if a law emulates or repudiates justice. This displays the right for citizens to withstand the law and accept the consequences of civil disobedience. In Thoreau’s context‚ he criticized
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Antigone: Civil Disobedience The short play‚ Antigone‚ was written in 441 B.C. by the Greek playwright Sophocles. It deals with some of the most basic problems that affect a society. One of them is Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience both a right and responsibility of a person to fight an unjust law. Government is given the right to control a group of people by the people composing the group. If an individual has a problem with an injustice they feel has been placed against them‚ then
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set up our democracy was to ensure the government would forever be by and for the people. Sometimes legal means for ensuring America stays true to its original purpose prove inadequate. If such is the case in the instance at hand‚ turning to civil disobedience can have a positive impact on a free society.
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