Thoreau uses the Transcendentalist philosophy to attack the state from an anti-slavery platform. ... The severe personal, societal, and humanitarian consequences that occur when their philosophy is applied to the lower and middle class majority demonstrate this deficiency. ... Obviously Emerson lives for himself, or at least claims to, and expects that this philosophy is applicable to all individuals in society. ... Here, I believe, is potentially the most damaging aspect of the Transcendentalist philosophy of individualism. ...

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T.S. One of the main leaders of the movement for the defense of the right civiler and important defender of the not violent resistance to the repression racial. King was born in Atlanta (Georgia), January 15 of January 1929, older son of a minister Baptists. It entered in the Morehouse Colle...

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Doctor King believe an approach through rational and moral solution would be non-violent resistances, based on the Hegelian philosophy, "the principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites acquiescence and violence while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both. " Subsequently Doctor King exemplify that when handling individuals who have the attitude of acquiesces then resister must use non-assertive approach, however when dealing with individuals who support violent approach then resister must oppose. ...

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As indicated by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy "Factors relevant to a disobedient choice of action include: its illegality, its use as a last resort or first resort, any coordination with other dissidents, the likelihood of success, the directness or indirectness of the action, and the expected harm....

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However, in 399 BCE, Socrates argued that civil disobedience is never appropriate, and was so convinced that his philosophy, or social contract theory, was completely justified that he chose a to die rather than to live in order to become an example for others who would be faced with the same situation. ...

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With their polar opposite upbringings and different experiences with racial discrimination shaping their perspective of civil rights, it is expected for them to have different philosophies and views on the concept of using race as a way to categorize people. ...

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Their philosophy of nonviolence was put to a particularly severe test during the Birmingham campaign of 1963, in which activists used a boycott, sit-ins and marches to protest segregation, unfair hiring practices and other injustices in one of America's most racially divided cities. ...

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