Author: | Henry David Thoreau | ISBN: | 9781365917790 |
Publisher: | Enhanced Media Publishing | Publication: | April 27, 2017 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Henry David Thoreau |
ISBN: | 9781365917790 |
Publisher: | Enhanced Media Publishing |
Publication: | April 27, 2017 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
In his 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) credited Thoreau's essay with being "the chief cause of the abolition of slavery in America."
In his 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) credited Thoreau's essay with being "the chief cause of the abolition of slavery in America."