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.