Why Is Civil Disobedience Always Bad

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As you may know that, civil disobedience is known as an unacceptable action for any individual in any nation, which means you try to do some bad things against the law or the government. However, sometimes when a person tries to go against the government, which is just only bad for them, but it's extremely good for the people of the country.Therefore, going against the law is not always bad, especially when you do it for millions of people. First, there are many ways to go against the government's law; for instance, when you join in or create a club that have some direction against the government. Moreover, if you walk with a lot of people on the street to demonstrate an opinion that against the law or the government that still count as disobedience, too. For instance, as a movement of the end of the Viet Nam …show more content…

Democracy is no cure for this, as majorities simply by virtue of being majorities do not also gain the virtues of wisdom and justice. The judgment of an individual's conscience is not necessarily inferior to the decisions of a political body or majority, and so it will not be desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which he have a right to assume is to do at any time what he think right.... Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice." He adds, "I cannot for an instant recognize as my government which is the slave's government also." To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that sometimes you have to disobey the law or the government to protect the rights of the people and especially for the peace of the world. Disobedience not always means negative, it also play a very important part for a person to make a right decision against the

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