Understanding Thoreau and Kings Concepts of Civil Disobedience

Understanding Thoreau and Kings Concepts of civil disobedience
Conscience, feelings of write and wrong have affected our actions since the dawn of man. Having observed injustices from our government, King and Thoreau could not in good conscience look the other way. The chosen actions for the two, nonviolent opposition to unjust laws, to be civilly disobedient. While both men took a similar course of action they differed in their perceived results. Thoreau refuses to be affected by laws he feels have nothing to do with him. He encourages people to be civilly disobedient rather than submit to such things. King not only refuses unjust laws but utilizes Civil disobedience as a means of direct action.
Henry David Thoreau basically wants people to stand up for them self’s regardless of consequence; he argues that the consequence of taking no action is far worse than doing so. Weak people don’t do as they feel but do as they are told. Thoreau’s strong criticism of Daniel Web...