1. Justice and politics:an ongoing tension
For Thoreau, a government has no use due to its injustice. ... Thoreau argues that government should be based on conscience and that citizens should cease associating with an unjust government. ... I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as my government which is the slave's government also." ... The American government is a majoritarian democracy. ... Plato writes: "Do you think that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public life, and conducting myself in that sphere like an honourable man, had always upheld the cause of right, a...
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