Assertion: civil disobedience's purpose | /r/CapableOf | force negotiation
Facets:
value: with recalcitrant officials
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The purpose of civil disobedience can be to publicize an unjust law or a just cause; to appeal to the conscience of the public; to force negotiation with recalcitrant officials; to "clog the machine" (in Thoreau's phrase) with political prisoners; to get into court where one can challenge the constitutionality of a law; to exculpate oneself, or to put an end to one's personal complicity in the injustice which flows from obedience to unjust law or some combination of these.