issue. These incidents are known as civil disobediences‚ an act performed by a group of people‚ usually civilians‚ to protest a law imposed on them by a governing body or fight for something they believe in. This act differs from something like a violent protest or a revolution is that civil disobediences firstly put emphasis on the rule of law while disobeying the one specific law they seek to abolish. Second‚ the people that practice civil disobedience will plead guilty to any violation of the
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Olaf Thorson Johnson IB English‚ Period 4 January 1‚ 2013 Civil Disobedience and Antigone Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech focuses on the importance of freedom and brotherhood in a nation and is intended to rally Americans to demonstrate their anger at the injustices of segregation and racism through “creative protest.” While King’s passion and anger at the status quo is obvious in the text‚ he specifically states that they “must not allow [their] [protest] to degenerate into
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the same conditions and fight for the same causes‚ therefore‚ both forms of civil disobedience are justifiable. Historically‚ marginalized groups‚ especially black communities in the United States‚ have experienced terror by the hands of police for centuries. After centuries of harassment‚ black communities have taken a stance against the injustices committed by those who are sworn in to protect them. Civil disobedience‚ whether violent or non-violent‚ is universally a justifiable method to achieve
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societies. The practice of civil disobedience started with Henry David Thoreau‚ who went on to rationalize his thoughts about the term. In his lecture‚he discloses into two principles that the government relies on the sufferance of the administered‚ and also how the citizen has the full right to determine if a law emulates or repudiates justice. This displays the right for citizens to withstand the law and accept the consequences of civil disobedience. In Thoreau’s context‚ he criticized
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Civil disobedience is derived off of free will and a blank slate‚ that a human’s ability to peacefully and soughtly disobey the law is courageous and brave. This world we live in is so twisted‚ we begin to start believing “the wrong people are in jail and the wrong people are out of jail”. So faintly it has become true‚ many of which that are in jail have fought/protested for a free society for the better. These type of people who act upon civil disobedience have a positive impact on society for
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The subject of civil disobedience is a controversial topic‚ one that sparks much debate. On one hand‚ one could argue that protesting or actively disobeying a law one sees as unjust threatens the legal system and‚ in turn‚ negatively impacts society. However‚ history has shown that‚ in cases of unjust laws‚ civil disobedience provides the pressure that pushes open the door to change. A free society is based on the ideals of equal rights and opportunities for all. People are inherently flawed‚ and
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Civil Disobedience is a method that the United States uses to correct the issues that would exist such as racial inequality‚ unbalanced business organization‚ immoral values‚ and et cetera. This method is a peaceful value since it requires no violence and revolution. This is a positive way of correcting any free society on this Earth. As a means of establishing equality‚ Rosa Parks had refused to give up her her seat to those of white skin color during a time when African-Americans were supposed
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The Evolution of Civil Disobedience “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will‚” declares Mahatma Gandhi as he gallantly strides in the Dandi Salt March of 1930. From being a modest lawyer to a revolutionary activist‚ Mahatma Gandhi’s actions illustrate the boundless power organized civil disobedience has on society’s progress. To guarantee India’s Independence‚ Gandhi empowered suppressed Indians to march for their right to produce salt. His idea of
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Antigone: Civil Disobedience The short play‚ Antigone‚ was written in 441 B.C. by the Greek playwright Sophocles. It deals with some of the most basic problems that affect a society. One of them is Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience both a right and responsibility of a person to fight an unjust law. Government is given the right to control a group of people by the people composing the group. If an individual has a problem with an injustice they feel has been placed against them‚ then
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lived during the Apartheid‚ a period similar to America’s segregation system. The South African government set laws in place to prevent racial equality‚ but in the face of oppression‚ Mandela and his followers staged many acts of civil disobedience. Civil disobedience acts‚ not as a hindrance of free society‚ but as a tool to disband oppressive governments. According to the social contract theory‚ we created government to protect our rights. We sacrificed our power for the greater good of humanity
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