Perspectives on the Acceptability
of Civil Disobedience
Level 7 Obligation................Greco-Roman, Sartre, [Quinney]
Level 6 Responsibility...........................Thoreau, Rustin
Level 5 Duty....................................Locke, Jefferson
Level 4 Right................................Gandhi, Machiavelli
Level 3 Justified................Aquinas, Enlightened Christians
Level 2 Acceptable.......................................Bentham
Level 1 Unacceptable........Hobbes, Orthodox Christian, [Wilson]
The frequency, intensity and duration of the acts of civil
disobedience generally increase from Level 1 to Level 7.