num_pages: 240
description: 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).
language: English
title: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
titlecomplete: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
genres: Classics, History, Philosophy, School, 19th Century, Essays, American, Nonfiction, Political Science, Politics
ratings_count: 16371
publisher: Echo Library