Civil Disobedience: A Good Idea Of A Free Society

A free society gives the individuals within it rights. Each individual can make own choices without the worry of consequences. Even so, every good idea has its flaws. Within a free society, laws and rules must be in place, yet every individual within the society may not believe in the rule. Therefore, peaceful resistance to laws positively impact a free society through action and change. The idea of a free society means each individual is free to speak, believe, and act upon any of their desires. No two people have the exact same belief set, so the scale within a society is massive. Even with a system in place to try to conform to everyone’s liking, everyone cannot be pleased. When Henry David Thoreau wrote his piece Civil Disobedience, his goal was to show how the system free societies have in place are flawed. He states, “But a government in which the majority rule in all cases cannot be based on justice… Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?” (171). Thoreau’s main focus was to show how the flaw in majority rules forces the minority into conformity. Hence, peaceful resistance to certain laws the individual does not believe in has the potential to make a change. If legislatures see the peaceful uprising and the resistance bring …show more content…
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