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    Civil Disobedience and Disobedient Women When people think of peaceful resistance‚ they often think of the Civil Rights Movement. Many civil rights activists were influenced by Martin Luther King’s nonviolent opposition to unjust laws. Helena Hicks‚ a college student‚ was one of these activists influenced by King. In January 1955‚ she participated in the very first lunch counter sit in. Later that year‚ Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and she began to work with King. Over

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    challenge people to think for themselves and cause change. Authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee taught the importance of non-conformity and civil disobedience through short stories such as “Self Reliance” and “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience”‚ and the play‚ The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail. Transcendentalism is based on the belief that knowledge is derived from experience

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    As a young adult in the 21st century I believe that peaceful resistances to laws can positively impact a free society. When we look back into our history as Americans we read about all these outstanding leaders who have lead a resistance peacefully. Gandhi was a man who fought for what he believed but not with weapons or fitsts‚ he fought with the strength of his heart. Gandhi didn’t give into violence but he gave into his people. Gandhi was fighting against the British government in order to gain

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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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    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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    the subject. The author of this piece‚ for an example‚ went to great lengths to be well­versed in historical literature reading and analyzing works of art such as Niccolo Machiavelli’s "The Qualities of the Prince" and Henry David Thoreau’s "Civil Disobedience". Through these readings‚ she learned about various rhetorical techniques such as parallelism‚ persuasiveness‚ comparison‚ and compartmentalized reasoning. She also placed herself under the instruction of the highly­esteemed Dr. Boggs‚ who guided

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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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