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Civil disobedience, also called passive resistance, the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition; its usual purpose is to force concessions from the government or occupying power.
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Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government (or any other authority). By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called "civil". Hence, civil disobedience is sometimes equated with peaceful protests or nonviolent resistance.
- Defying a Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. Chapter One of the Old Testament’s Book of Exodus provides what is probably the oldest recorded instance of civil disobedience.
- Sophocles's Portrayal of Antigone. The playwright Sophocles wrote numerous literary tragedies, one of which (though fictional) tells the tale of Antigone.
- Judea and the Slaughter of Innocents. The Book of Matthew in the New Testament reveals that when told that a Jewish Messiah had been born in Bethlehem, King Herod felt personally threatened.
- Robert the Bruce Defies a Pope. In 1317, the Pope demanded that King Robert I of Scotland (better known as Robert the Bruce) embrace a truce with the English in the First War of Scottish Independence.
He practiced civil disobedience in his own life including his refusal to pay taxes in protest of slavery and the Mexican War resulting in a night in the Concord jail in July of 1846. It is thought that this night in jail prompted Thoreau to write Civil Disobedience .
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Nov 15, 2022 · The American philosopher John Rawls defined civil disobedience as a “public, nonviolent, conscientious yet political act contrary to law usually done with the aim of bringing about a change in the law or policies of the government”.
Nov 3, 2020 · Civil disobedience is the active, non-violent refusal to accept the dictates of governments. It informs them that unjust actions will be opposed and the people will act illegally if pushed to do so. Civil disobedience causes disruption and focuses attention, while forcing debate with the aim of bringing about fundamental and progressive changes ...
In fact, “Civil Disobedience” was first created as a public lecture, which he delivered in Concord in 1848. Reviews. Thoreau’s original “Civil Disobedience” lecture was delivered at the Concord Lyceum in Concord, Massachusetts, on January 26, 1848, under the title “The Relation of the Individual to the State.”
