Definitions/Vocab
the practice of resisting a government's unjust laws
civil disobedience
"We are slaves of the law so that we may be __________"
free
German pastor, spoke publicly against Hitler's rise to power; secretly helped in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler;
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
the Marxist ideal of a classless and stateless utopian society in which all property is commonly owned and each person is paid according to his or her abilities and needs
communism
Dutch theologian and statesman, and the prime minister of Netherlands for a time; called for a view of sphere sovereignty;
Abraham Kuyper
Civil Disobedience
the practice of resisting a governments unjust law
a system of government in which citizens vote directly for or against particular laws, officials, measures, and so on
democracy
a revered legal scholar whose work explored and systematized common law and was copiously referred to by America's founders; recognized that law comes from two places
William Blackstone
bureaucrats
people who operate the various government bureaus
an economic system based on governmental or communal ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods and services
socialism
a single, overaching interpretation, or grand story, of reality
Metanarrative