On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience - 9781542943741

This essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau 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 (1846-1848).

• • Author: Henry David Thoreau
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Feb 05, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 28 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1542943744
• • ISBN-13: 9781542943741