Civil Disobedience Debate
After having read Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience and reading what Socrates says in Crito, I believe that the disagreement is only apparent. The idea of what is right and wrong between the men is very similar. However, I think that if Socrates lived in today’s society that he would also intentionally violate the law because he believes that nothing is more important than morals, including laws. Throughout Thoreau’s essay civil disobedience he talks about how our nation is unjust and how anyone who partakes in even paying taxes is doing an injustice, in which he did jail time for. Although I believe that Thoreau makes many good points and is right by what he says in many cases, but for anyone to actually live a just life in his eyes is not logical. For example, he throws out the idea that a person must sacrifice their values to support the government. For Thoreau this is not a just way of living. He believes that if individual compromises, negotiates, or passively accepts, it is the same as committing a cri
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Approximate Word count = 718
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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