Y11140021_邵正将_18班_(作业八) .docx

A?Review?on?Civil?Disobedience?? 邵正将 (作业八) This?article?was?written?by?Henry?David?Thoreau,?who?was?regarded?as?an?American?author,?philosopher,?poet,?naturalist?and?most?importantly?a?transcendentalist?whose?major?work,Walden,?reflects?upon?simple?living?in?natural?surroundings,?and?his?essay?Resistance?to?Civil?Government?known?as?Civil?Disobedience,?argued?for?disobedience?to?an?unjust?state.? At?the?beginning?of?this?article,?Thoreau?came?straight?to?the?view,?that?was?“That?government?is?best?which?governs?least”.?He?thought?that?people?would?rather?accept?a?government?when?they?have?prepared?for?it.?In?Thoreau’s?opinion,?government?is?at?best?but?an?expedient.?Then?Thoreau?outlined?the?American?government?which?has?a?recent?history.?The?government?is?not?the?less?necessary?for?people?although?its?vitality?and?force?is?not?as?good?as?a?single?living?man,?through?which?people?satisfy?that?idea?of?government?they?have.?To?speak?practically,?the?author?asked?for,?not?at?once?no?government,?but?at?once?a?better?government?that?proved?he?was?not?a?no-government?man.?As?for?the?attitude?towards?American?government,?Thoreau?cann’t?recognize?it?as?his?government?which?he?thought?was?a?slave’s?government.?An?example?can?support?his?view?that?American?army?has?invaded?a?nation?which?has?a?sixth?of?the?population?are?slaves.?Further,?the?author?argued?that?unjust?laws?still?exist?under?which?men?generally?think?that?they?ought?to?wait?until?they?can?persuade?the?majority?to?alter?them.?Instead,?Thoreau?pointed?out?we?should?let?it?go?if?the?injustice?is?part?of?the?necessary?friction?of?the?machine?of?government.?In?the?end,Thoreau?mentioned?the?authority?of?government?which?must?have?the?sanction?and?consent?of?the?governed.?The?state?at?least?which?the?author?pleased?himself?with?imagining?is?that?can?afford?to?be?just?to?all?man?and?treat?the?individual?with?respect.? What?is?the?best?and?most?efficient?government??I?agree?with?the?authors?point?of?view,?tha