What´s Civil Disobedience Necessary?

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Equally, civil disobedience is not desirable if it is used to fight every little issue in a country. Civil disobedience is not meant to be used to encourage an attitude of repeated acts of civil disobedience. If one group uses the game of civil disobedience to fight the moral evil they are against other groups may also use this method to support their case. Before long it becomes out of hand as every group is using it to fight their battle. According to Robin Celikates (2016), civil disobedience should be restricted to easily detectable violations of clear and basic demands of justice that can also be formulated in terms of individual basic rights (39). When the issues that civil disobedience are being applied to do not fit the context Celikates …show more content…

Civil disobedience is feasible as it can be viewed as a right given to the people that formed society originally in the form of the right to revolution, but now in modern times as civil disobedience. Moreover, civil disobedience is feasible as human history has a record of its use since the Greeks up until this day and age. As civil disobedience has been applied in the past to fight moral evils it can and will continue to be used in the same manner. However, civil disobedience may not always be desirable because violence can occur unfortunately to the protestors as the rules of the game do not apply to the opponents. This can either work in the protestors favor or against them if they retaliate. Moreover, when civil disobedience is use it highlights that there is indeed a serious problem that does not have a proper solution. The use of civil disobedience can tarnish the reputation of the nation and spark an attitude of repeated acts of disobedience. Also, the issue in which civil disobedience is considered to be used for has to meet certain criteria for it to be successful. Thus, civil disobedience is always an option to use when combating a moral evil, but may not be the best tactic to use to fight every moral