Throughout history, we have seen societies evolve based on the premise of civil disobedience. It created bills such as the civil rights acts of the 60s, motivated equality lead by Mahatma Gandhi, and has been the fundamental element of a free society dating back to our founding fathers finding motivation in Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience. Without these upstanding leaders the ideals and morals that shape modern day society would not be prevalent. The practice of civil disobedience does not only positively reform and maintain a free society, but is essentially necessary in ensuring its existence.
The art of civil disobedience has been practiced for generations, without it societies would still be equivalent to absolute monarchical borderline dictatorial patriarchies of the early medieval centuries. One of the paramount leaders in forming American modern society is the civil disobedience courageously performed by Rosa Parks in 1955. By sitting her ground against a bigoted system knowingly breaking the law, she set a foundation for a movement that changed the country. While her actions didn't directly lead to a reformed civil rights amendment it was the chain reaction…show more content… This however, is entirely the opposite of the intention of peaceful protest. It is a general injusticed law being protested against by the people for the people, not the person, but the entirety majority of the rights of the people. Certain features of civil disobedience seem vital not only to its impact on societies and governments, but also to its status as a potentially justifiable breach of law. Civil disobedience is generally regarded as more morally defensible than both ordinary offences and other forms of protest such as militant action or coercive
