{"product_id":"on-the-duty-of-civil-disobedience","title":"On the Duty of Civil Disobedience","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do you owe a government when obeying it means lending your support to injustice?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau puts conscience before obedience. His refusal to pay a tax brings him to the Concord jail. Behind that refusal stand slavery and the war against Mexico. He asks what one person should do when the state demands support for actions that person knows are wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoreau treats government as a tool, not a moral authority. He challenges the idea that a majority must be right simply because it has the strength to rule. His argument moves from what you believe to what you do with your hands, your money, and your name. Holding the right opinion, he insists, is not enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConscience before obedience\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider where your duty to the state ends and your responsibility to yourself begins.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe limits of majority rule\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Thoreau as he separates the power to govern from the claim to be right.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMore than an opinion\u003c\/strong\u003e – Face his demand that opposition to injustice must reach beyond private beliefs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA night in jail\u003c\/strong\u003e – See how refusing a tax gives his argument a concrete, personal cost.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGovernment under scrutiny\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore his distrust of a state served by people who set their judgment aside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who care about conscience, protest, and the limits of the state, and want a stern argument rather than a balanced political study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and weigh Thoreau’s challenge against your own sense of right and wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534621180252,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/00964_en_ebook-front_c12.jpg?v=1792174969","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/on-the-duty-of-civil-disobedience","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}