Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience
ISBN-10
1534500669
ISBN-13
9781534500662
Series
Civil Disobedience
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
144
Language
English
Published
2017-07-15
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Author
Elizabeth Schmermund

Description

Civil 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?

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