On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Essays & Short Works, Contemporary, Political Science

Authors: Henry David Thoreau In Year : 1849

Book Language: English

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Civil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican–American War. (Summary by Wikipedia)