What is Civil Disobedience

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Proposed by the American transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau, the term is equivalent to non-violent resistance to avoid enabling the government to make them the cause of injustice. The term is also defined as the active, professed refusal to abide by laws, demands, and commands of any government. Learn more in: Social Media, Political Mobilization, and Citizen Engagement: A Case Study of the March 18, 2014, Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan

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A normative duty to disobey positive law. Learn more in: Game-Theoretic Insights Concerning Key Business Ethics Issues Occurring in Emerging Economies

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Proposed by the American transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau, as a peaceful revolt against undesirable government actions, the term is equivalent to non-violent resistance to avoid enabling the government to make them the cause of injustice (such as the war with Mexico at Thoreau’s time). The term is also defined as the active, professed refusal to abide by laws, demands, and commands of any government. Recent applications of this term include Taiwan’s 318 Sunflower Movement, Hong-Kong’s Umbrella Movement, and China’s Jasmine Revolution. Learn more in: Political Mobilization Strategies in Taiwan's Sunflower Student Movement on March 18, 2014: A Text-Mining Analysis of Cross-National Media Corpus