ABOUT PASSIVE RESISTANCE There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Everyone has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely‚ everyone has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. It is morally justifiable to peacefully resist unjust laws; unjust laws do not change because a court or government decides; they change because people stand united together to make change happen. The governments of today make laws that self serve their own interests and that of
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In a democracy we have a moral duty in general to obey the laws or to attempt altering laws we don’t like through the electoral process. In America civil disobedience cannot be justified since it goes against the ideals of democracy. Living in a country where there are legal solutions to a problem that can take months or years to solve‚ people must voice their concerns and rebel against the government through grassroots movements and protests. Breaking laws that were created to protect the government
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In a free society‚ it is inevitable for reform to occur.It is a common theme across world history for people to peacefully challenge the decisions of those above them.From the plebeians disobeying the laws of Ancient Rome to the Indian Independence Movement‚ civil disobedience has been among us for so long‚ and each society is able to build off its predecessors’ mistakes.Henry Thoreau inspired generations to come in his essay‚ “Civil Disobedience”‚ and the effect of it was widespread.In fact‚ while
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Role of youth in Transforming India ‘Youth is like a fire It crept forward. A Spark at first Growing into a flame The brightening into a Blaze’. Introduction: Martin Luther has said‚ "I have a Dream" and the dream come largely true. If he had not thought of that dream he would have accomplished nothing in his life. To climb high one has to think of climbing the Everest. One may not go higher
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While humans often attempt to act more evolved than their primate relatives it is often obvious that both species continued to evolve at the same rate‚ each one adapted to meet their specific situation‚ but both retained similar primitive behavior that often shined through their complex adaptations. Superiority is oftentimes one of these traits that shined through‚ adult males often develop superiority complexes similar to those prevalent within the animal communities. Some of these people create
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disobedience is the act of disobeying the law but in a peaceful manner while accepting the consequences. Many people feel it is wrong and disruptive; however‚ it is what makes people free and true to themselves and what they believe in. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it is truly giving the people their freedom. It does not harm anyone‚ since it’s only done to prove one’s point or to let them stand up for what they believe is right. The normal population seems
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Civil disobedience is astute to violating the American laws. Thus is deterred incorrect. Peaceful resistance positively impacts a free society. Peaceful resistance is profound ed through: protest and The U.S Constitution. Therefore‚ these concepts and their significant impacts; allows civil disobedience to be in act to a free society. The Civil Right’s Movement‚ is established through protest motion. The movement was perceptive due to the‚ "Jim Crow Laws." The law signified the subordination
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of human existence. It is so blindly accepted that oftentimes those who openly oppose or resist violent means (pacifists‚ non violent protesters‚ etc.) are ridiculed‚ belittled and even deemed traitors to their friends‚ families or countries. The nonviolent are taken advantage of because they hold themselves to a different standard of morality‚ one less instinctual and more intellectual than that of their counterparts. Violent acts are a result of the gap between moral reasoning and impulsive reactions
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A famous boxer and practitioner of peaceful resistance to laws once refused to join the draft for the Vietnam War. Muhammad Ali knew that he was violating the law‚ but he did not perpetuate that he was above the law; he knew the consequences and was fully prepared to accept them. He was arrested and convicted to 5 years in prison‚ and he underwent years of public backlash against his decision. However‚ it was the same war that caused the downfall of Lyndon B. Johnson‚ who-once revered and respected
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Mechanisms of Silver Nanoparticle Action in Bacteria and Potential for Bacterial Resistance The antimicrobial activity of silver in general‚ and of silver nanoparticles in particular‚ is of significant interest because it appears to be independent of the strain of bacteria. Crucially‚ antibiotic resistant strains‚ MRSA (methicillin‚ or multiple-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)‚ E. coli O157‚ and others are affected by silver [6]. The reasons for this are not fully clear as yet‚ but could be related
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