Civil Disobedience
Elizabeth SchmermundCivil disobedience, the refusal to obey certain laws, is a method of protest famously articulated by philosopher and writer Henry David Thoreau in his 1849 essay "Civil Disobedience." Thoreau believed that protest became a moral obligation when laws collided with conscience. Since then, civil disobedience has been employed as a form of rebellion around the world. But is there a place for civil disobedience in democratic societies? When is civil disobedience justifiable? Is violence ever called for? Furthermore, how effective is civil disobedience?
Jahr:
2017
Verlag:
Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Sprache:
english
ISBN 10:
1534500669
ISBN 13:
9781534500662
Serien:
At Issue
Datei:
EPUB, 656 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2017