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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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Thoreau argues that individuals should refuse to support a government that commits injustice, using his own tax resistance to defend acting on conscience over law. Readers interested in political philosophy, ethics, and the history of nonviolent resistance will find it valuable.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.
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