Walden - Henry David Thoreau - Books - - 9798689905952 - September 27, 2020
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Henry David Thoreau
Walden

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Thoreau asserts that because governments are typically more harmful than helpful, they therefore cannot be justified. Democracy is no cure for this, as majorities simply by virtue of being majorities do not also gain the virtues of wisdom and justice. The judgment of an individual's conscience is not necessarily inferior to the decisions of a political body or majority, and so "[i]t is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.... Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice." He adds, "I cannot for an instant recognize as my government [that] which is the slave's government also.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 27, 2020
ISBN13 9798689905952
Pages 258
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 15 mm   ·   331 g
Language English  

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