Essays on Civil Disobedience

Throughout human history there has been issues which were solved either with or without violence and the question is whether or not those actions were justified or not. Those issues, that usually involved some social goal, were solved with either civil or uncivil disobedience. Civil disobedience is when people deliberately violate the law to achieve…

Civil disobedience is responsible for many of the rights that we take for granted today. This is because the liberal movements of the past were all civilly disobedient to the status quo, and that is how they made progress. Without civil disobedience such social progress would not have come to fruition, or it would have…

As time progresses, behaviors and perspectives constantly change, and with that change develops a need or a desire to implement that change throughout society. As individuals strive for their desired change, they look to methods, such as civil or uncivil disobedience, to acquire the attention necessary to initiate that change. Those who participate in civil…

It is a pleasant day. You are in a classroom having a nice discussion with your classmates. Everybody is laughing and enjoying the time together. The birds outside are chirping and the celestial bodies are in perfect alignment. Life is good. You kick back and place your sore, overworked feet on a nearby desk to…

In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. invokes passages from “The Gettysburg Address,” The Declaration of Independence, and the Bible. Why do you think he references these sources? How do these sources help make his letter more powerful? Dr. King Jr. wrote the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” after an unfair offer…

English 111February 21, 1997Is an individual ever morally justified in breaking a man made law? I firmly believe the answer to this question is yes. If the question was stated as, is an individual ever legally justified in breaking a man made law I would have to say no. There are several reasons that have…

It’s our responsibility’s as citizens to not only follow the laws in place but to challenge them when we deem them unjust. By doing this we are directly committing civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is a tool that when molested can hurt the system in place but, when used justly to alter the laws inhibiting certain…

Henry David Thoreau was born on july 12th 1817 and died in 1862 to give an idea of the time. He was a poet and philosopher who had graduated from Harvard college.He believed that the law of nature and god was more important than the law of man. He had a rebellious personality and he…

Emerson ends his essay “Self-reliance” with the following: “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of your own principles.” Following this, some years later, Thoreau writes “Civil Disobedience” after he is imprisoned for adhering to his own moral compass, which is at odds with the state laws….

There has been a long debate about civil disobedience in our country. Is it an appropriate response to things that we do not like? Or should we never engage in it? Depending who you ask, some may argue its ok when there is a need for change, whiles others state that we should never resort…