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portada On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
26
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
25.4 x 17.8 x 0.1 cm
Weight
0.06 kg.
ISBN13
9781721878871
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau (Author) · Createspace · Paperback

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - Thoreau, Henry David

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Synopsis "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience"

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Thoreau asserts that because governments are typically more harmful than helpful, they therefore cannot be justified. Democracy is no cure for this, as majorities simply by virtue of being majorities do not also gain the virtues of wisdom and justice. The judgment of an individual's conscience is not necessarily inferior to the decisions of a political body or majority, and so "[i]t is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

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