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Civil Disobedience
A just society has fair laws. But most societies arenβt like that. So what can you do? The opponent of slavery, Henry David Thoreau, gave one answer in his essay βOn Civil Disobedienceβ: follow your conscience and break the law on moral grounds rather than be a cog in an unjust system. Ghandi, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King have all inspired generations to make changes to unjust laws through civil disobedience. Stephen Fry explains its origins.
Narrated by Stephen Fry. Scripted by Nigel Warburton.
