Culminating Outline Introduction Intro There have been more than 400 anti government protests worldwide since 2000 with 235 lasting for more than three months as an act to establish religious and Governmental freedoms. An act of Civil disobedience is an act in violation of a law( or a specific group of laws) which is undertaken for moral reasons (Bedau qtd. In Hall 15). Civil Disobedience is a controversial issue in the world; therefore, one turns to the Church for guidance. Viewpoint 1 Civil Disobedience allows for change. Civil Disobedience allows for changes to be made in cruel governments and harsh conditions. “Creating a new law would be set up in a way that would not affect the others because the law/laws would replace any laws …show more content…
Civil Disobedience allows for religious change. In addition, Civil Disobedience allows for people to establish religious freedoms and for people to share beliefs. The protesters’ refusal to comply with laws may branch out from many different kinds of motives including the following: the rally leader’s religious peacemaking or moral and political opposition to a particular party (Rawls). Over the years, acts of civil disobedience have helped to shape how the world perceives religion and spirituality (Ayres). The government and the majority get a better perspective of the minority. Furthermore, it allows people in the government to get a better perspective from the public. Civil disobedience positively impacts free society because these acts spread awareness of unjust laws, and cause the governments to double check laws and question if they are really necessary (“Civil Disobedience Impact on Society”). The establishment of civil disobedience among our political institutions might be the best possible remedy for this ultimate failure of judicial review (Pego). Viewpoint …show more content…
“The citizens of a country are morally obliged not to follow the laws of their government when they are against the commandments to the basic human rights of people or the teachings of the Gospe.l” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2242). This quote clearly states that if the laws of governing officials directly go against the teachings of Christ, then civil disobedience is morally correct and will find its justification by God. The Bible The New American Bible also tells us about Civil disobedience. “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.” (Romans 13:). The Ecumenical Councils. Vatican II, an Ecuminical Council, has also given people teaching on civil disobedience known as Dignitatis humanae. “The sense of the dignity of the human person has been impressing itself more and more deeply on the consciousness of contemporary man, and the demand is increasingly made that men should act on their own judgment, enjoying and making use of a responsible freedom, not driven by coercion but motivated by a sense of duty (Vatican