Henry David Thoreau, Robert Bethune, Dreamscape Media, LLC
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Audiobook
(Dreamscape Media, LLC Nov. 7, 2017)
, Unabridged
First published in 1849, this essay argues that individuals have rights and duties in relation to their government. Motivated by his disgust over both slavery and the Mexican-American War, Thoreau argued that individuals must not permit nor enable their government to act against their own consciences. This version of "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" was recorded as part of Dreamscape's Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience.