Is civil disobedience ever justified?

Law & contracts   |   Civil law   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « Conclusion. Bibliography. Is civil disobedience ever justified? Man is bound to obey secular princes in so far as this is required by order of justice. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The theory of civil disobedience.. The idea of democracy.. Democratic regime and moral obligation to abide by the law.. Democratic form of government and justification to disobey law.. Democracy and the European political...»

The ethics of Merton: Non-violence and its connection with the sacred

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/08/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « ethical studies where a martyr is going to be justified because this Religious hate fuels violence as much as it ever has, and Civil Disobedience in Antiquity. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander.. The duty of a righteous man.. Emptiness makes us the vehicle of a greater understanding. . Religion is bound up in the dogmas which can be used as tools of power and division.. How do you enforce nonviolence?...»

The Fall of Ulysses

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   School essay   |   10/19/2007   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « Thoreau s belief in civil disobedience, illustrates precisely heating system, before he ever considers socializing and their actions are completely justified. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. New dissenters replacing those detained. Justice: The visible sacrifice made in Brazil . The price of Utilitarianism . Utilitarianism: Viewed as misguided. Conclusion. Work cited....»

Saving souls or saving the world: The Jesuits and politics in the 20th century

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   17 pages
Document abstract : « monarchism and republican anti-Jesuitism Ever since the the impression, to often justified, that the the first number, encourages civil disobedience to Pétain ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction: The Church, the Jesuits and politics.. Tensions with the Republic.. Attempts to re-conquer the society to Christianity.. Dictatorship and fascism: the authoritarian temptation.. On The battlefield with their brothers 1944-1981.. The...»

Institutional impact: The Presbyterian Church and anti-slavery in Antebellum Kentucky

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Term papers   |   03/30/2009   |   .doc   |   14 pages
Document abstract : « of slavery were differentiated from the question of civil disobedience. from the Union during the Civil War, although and the participants were ever changing. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Whites taking a stances against the spread of and the contemporary existence of African slavery . The Presbyterian Church and the question of who was to blame for this social evil. Historian William M. Boyd: The prevalence of an early...»

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