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Philosophy

The Concept of Civil Disobedience in Rawls and Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau's 1849 essay 'Civil Disobedience' was inspired by his refusal to pay a poll tax in protest against slavery and the Mexican-American War. He spent a night in jail, and his ideas later influenced Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

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Have you ever wondered whether breaking the law can be morally justifiable in a democracy? Civil disobedience is the surprising answer that many philosophers and activists have defended.