PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nuremberg
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An act of civil disobedience is not the same thing as an act of rebellion or revolution. Civil disobedience: breaking the law, not trying to signal that the state doesn"t have authority, state that you respect them but you reject some of the law. Breaking the law but not rejecting the state. Lie about civil disobedience and trying to make it seem as though one is rejecting the state and acting out in rebellion. Returning wrong for wrong an evil, for evil, breaking your agreements and covenants therefore, you are never ever ever justified for breaking the law. My friends, i must say to you that we have not made a single gin in civil rights without determined legal and non-violent pressure. History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileged voluntary You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws.