What are some examples of the acts of “civil disobedience”?
Over the years, the phrase has been used in somewhat different ways by different people, leading to some confusion. At the core of the concept as we understand and defend it, is the principled refusal to comply with laws that require one to do things which, in conscience, one believes to be unjust or otherwise immoral, and to be prepared patiently and non-violently to suffer the penalties or legal disabilities that result from one’s non-compliance. So, for example, if a law imposes on pharmacists a duty to dispense abortifacient drugs, and if a pro-life pharmacist believes that his or her compliance with the legal duty would itself constitute a grave injustice towards victim—the developing human being whose death the drugs would be used to cause—then he or she must not comply, even if this means suffering the penalty of being legally disabled from continuing his or her career as a pharmacist. The signatories to the Manhattan Declaration side with Socrates in saying that it is better to
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