Civil Disobedience

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American History

 

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Tony L

 

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February 25, 2014

 

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University

 

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“On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” Thoreau argues for individual resistance to civil government and opposition to an unjust state. He argues it is each individual’s duty to practice civil disobedience, the refusal to obey civil laws to bring change in government policy by not using violence. He criticizes American social institutions and policies as well as slavery and the Mexican American war...
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He criticizes American social institutions and policies as well as slavery and the Mexican American war. Thoreau’s deepest argument throughout his writing is individualism. He rejects the view that a person must sacrifice their values out of loyalty to the government. Thoreau argues that individualism has an effect on government...
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