Book
Civil Disobedience
- Published
- 1849
- Genre
- Philosophy
- Publisher
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Pages
- 33
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18626866-civil-disobedience?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_18
Reading measures
- Lexile
- 1340L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 17–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 12 onwards · ages 17–20
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Resistance to Civil Government, called Civil Disobedience for short, 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 (1846–1848).
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781449518615
- ISBN-10
- 1449518613
Tags
AgencyCommunity Life-PoliticsMorality/EthicsNonfictionScience-PhilosophySocial Studies-Government