Theoreau’s act of civil disobedience to oppose the Mexican war was carried out by his refusal to pay his taxes, causing Theoreau to be sent to jail. Through Theoreau’s actions, his practice of means end of civil disobedience is to eliminate the adversary by harming them to reach the goal. In this situation, if many follow Theoreau’s idea, the means end would be the corruption of the state as citizens in opposition with the war stopped paying taxes as a whole and anarchy would occur if the government does not resolve the issue. Compared to Gandhi’s Satyagraha, the means end is peace where both parties are not harmed. He believes that Theoreau’s actions still proves violence in behavior because he has “restricted his breach of statutory law to the payment of taxes” (McCollough, 2010). To Gandhi, non-cooperation without violence is possible as he has protested against campaigns, women rights, economic reliance, and foreign British made goods by creating his own clothing to wear. Civil disobedience is only brought upon if that is the last resolve. The difference between passive resistance and satyagraha is by the way we think and act through
Theoreau’s act of civil disobedience to oppose the Mexican war was carried out by his refusal to pay his taxes, causing Theoreau to be sent to jail. Through Theoreau’s actions, his practice of means end of civil disobedience is to eliminate the adversary by harming them to reach the goal. In this situation, if many follow Theoreau’s idea, the means end would be the corruption of the state as citizens in opposition with the war stopped paying taxes as a whole and anarchy would occur if the government does not resolve the issue. Compared to Gandhi’s Satyagraha, the means end is peace where both parties are not harmed. He believes that Theoreau’s actions still proves violence in behavior because he has “restricted his breach of statutory law to the payment of taxes” (McCollough, 2010). To Gandhi, non-cooperation without violence is possible as he has protested against campaigns, women rights, economic reliance, and foreign British made goods by creating his own clothing to wear. Civil disobedience is only brought upon if that is the last resolve. The difference between passive resistance and satyagraha is by the way we think and act through