summary for all

Surname 1

Ali Alyami

Professor : Ian Woods

English 119

Date : 01/ 29 / 2019

Civil Disobedience in Pursuit of Justice and Equality is always Justified

Civil disobedience simply means the refusal to comply with set laws which are in most

cases considered unjust. Civil disobedience involves activities that are carried out to show

dissatisfaction with certain acts and especially of the government. People use civil disobedience

as a way of letting their grievances out and ensure that the government is made aware of the

issues that are taking place in the society. Debates have been raised in the past on whether Civil

disobedience and especially if there is pursuit of justice and equality is justified. The argument

that civil disobedience can be justified if it seeks to bring equality and justice in the society is

logical. Certain facts make the claim true and logical, but of course with conditions. Civil

disobedience can only be justified if the means used are not violent, the actions are accompanied

by a desire to make a change and also if there are righteous intentions. With such conditions at

hand, civil disobedience can be justified; it makes the government more accountable, sometimes

it is the only way to publicize issues in the society, sometimes the law is also wrong and it may

be the only tool to deal with a flawed democracy.

Civil disobedience will always make the government more accountable in their service to

the public. Such is one way of seeking justice and equality to the members of the society.

Governments have been known to abandon their responsibilities to the people who own them.

Deciding not to obey what the government and the set laws stipulate may be the only way to get

Surname 2

them on track. Civil disobedience has helped shape America and ensured that justice is granted

to all members of the public. The government gets to know that people are informed of their

rights and will do anything to ensure that they get what is right.

Sometimes civil disobedience is the only tool that the public has to make known the

injustices that are happening in the society. Sometimes having people on the streets marching

peacefully may not adequately help address the issues in the society. Getting someone famous

arrested because they chose to lead people into violating the laws may be the only effective way

of getting things heard by the government. We cannot deny the fact that acts of civil

disobedience have a great impact towards social justice and equality. To some such is a costly

way of seeking justice but the sacrifice always serves the purpose. The happenings in the society

would need the courage to violate the laws and go against the government to ensure that they are

heard. Sometimes the society has only civil disobedience at hand to make their grievances

known.

Laws are made by elites in the society who may frame them to serve their personal

interests at the expense of the people the government is meant for. The laws only favor the few

while the majority of the population in the society suffers social injustices and inequality. The

laws may thus be wrong and not working for the good of the majority in the society. In such a

case, civil disobedience is justified to ensure that the laws governing the country are meant for

the overall good of everyone, and especially the majority in the society. Democracy sometimes

has to be fought for, sometimes what we call democracy does not really exist or it may just be

flawed. Democracy is derived from the laws governing the country and the laws must be aligned

to the interests of the majority. The laws are streamlined through civil disobedience.

Surname 3

In conclusion, civil disobedience is justified but with conditions. The acts of civil

disobedience can only be thought of serving a purpose if they aim at bringing change to the

society, if they are nonviolent and also if the intentions are righteous. Civil disobedience meant

to ensure justice and equality is a justifiable act. That is the only way the government can be

made accountable to their people, it is a way of streamlining the flawed laws and sometimes it is

the only tool that people have to address the issues that are existing in the society.