Emerson furthers this notion by advocating the shrugging off of the bounds of conformity and adopting a lifestyle dictated not by society but by one's own inherent sense of morality. ... Both authors also argue that everyone has an obligation to act based solely on his/her own will, without regard to societal rules and laws, even going so far as to act in opposition to those laws that are felt to be unjust. Emerson claims that "No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. ... Rosa Parks was arrested and jailed for violating race laws, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Jesus Ch...

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To lack this freedom is to lack morality, individuality, and overall humanity. ... "Civil Disobedience" argues against the legitimacy of government and laws, and is Thoreau's most famous (and radical) essay. ... He denounces the laws which governments impose, questioning their legitimacy. ...

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For example it is very necessary to shun someone who has physically harmed a woman it is against the law and immorall to all of society, females are not normally built the same way as males and they do not usually have the strength to fight back or defend themselves, it is pathetic for a man to abuse a woman because of these circumstances, therefore this action of abuse should be publically shunned and definitely not praised upon! ... We all know what is morally correct and what is not, it is about what actions people choose to take to either follow the rules of morality or go against it and c...

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Only by knowing the harmony of nature's laws can the poet or philosopher see through it. ... His early journal "Walden" is based on the author's 2-year stay in a cabin he build himself on the shore of apond (called Walden), on Emerson's property.This work deals, among others, with the separation of morality from Christianity. ...

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