Essay1849
Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
An individual who believes a law is unjust has a duty to refuse compliance and accept the punishment, rather than wait for the majority to agree.
about 35 minutes to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026Philosophy · Social & Political Philosophy
Civil Disobedience
A topic within Social & Political Philosophy, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.
Reading on Civil Disobedience
22 works
Essay1963
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr.
Argues that an unjust law is no law at all, and that breaking it openly, nonviolently and with acceptance of the penalty is not lawlessness but the highest respect for law.
link checked 17 Sept 2026