I am
        Lucifer DeMorte

(If you are in IME 4020, this is a topic for Dr. Young's side of the class.)

(Please note that this prompt was heavily reworked on 3/22/26)


For this task you should deeply logically analyze this topic as described in the following prompt, and, when you have done that, only then write up a proper (minumum three page) Thesis Paper fully describing, clarifying, supporting, and defending what you presently think is the most logically supportable conclusion we can come to about this topic.(Three pages, double spaced, odf, .doc. .docx, .pdf, submit through Turnitin.com.)

Remember that a
thesis paper starts with your thesis, and does not have an introduction or a conclusion.

Is Civil Disobedience Morally Allowable?


According to John Rawls, "civil disobedience is a public, non-violent and conscientious breach of law undertaken with the aim of bringing about a change in laws or government policies".Bearing this definition constantly in mind, please analyze some arguments for and against the moral allowability of civil disobedience.

If you require more clarity on what civil disobedience is and isn't, please read the definition of civil disobedience in https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/civil-disobedience/#PrinDis

Your question here is whether civil disobedience is morally prohibited, morally allowable, or even morally required.

Remember that there's a difference between civil disobedience and ordinary forms of fully-legal protest, and between civil disobedience and rioting.

The links given below lead to articles containing several claims and arguments about civil disobedience. You may pick a particular controversial claim or question about civil disobedience, find arguments on both sides, analyze and evaluate those arguments, think the issue through all the way, and then write a paper giving the results of your analysis.

(Odyssey Writing might help with this.)

Links

https://connectusfund.org/19-major-pros-and-cons-of-civil-disobedience

https://www.knowswhy.com/best-arguments-against-civil-disobedience/

https://apecsec.org/5-pros-and-cons-of-civil-disobedience/

https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/report/the-limits-and-dangers-civil-disobedience-the-case-martin-luther-king-jr

https://www.thecollector.com/john-rawls-civil-disobedience/

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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