Are acts of civil disobedience ever appropriate? According to American history, acts of disobedience in the face of tyranny are not only appropriate but expected. The very fabric of this nation was shaped by acts of civil disobedience and rebellion. Human morality is not always defined by governmental regulations and when those regulations are in direct defiance of morality, it is the people’s obligation to stand with their beliefs and change the government. The United States of America as we know it was created by acts of disobedience. Thoreau states “the character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished”. Our own founding fathers embodied the principles of disobedience
Are acts of civil disobedience ever appropriate? According to American history, acts of disobedience in the face of tyranny are not only appropriate but expected. The very fabric of this nation was shaped by acts of civil disobedience and rebellion. Human morality is not always defined by governmental regulations and when those regulations are in direct defiance of morality, it is the people’s obligation to stand with their beliefs and change the government. The United States of America as we know it was created by acts of disobedience. Thoreau states “the character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished”. Our own founding fathers embodied the principles of disobedience