Question

In thoreau's view what is the ethical responsibility of a government to a minority population

Answer 1

That a citizen must act, not just vote, in a manner that provides for what is right. He says that voting is a feeble act and that citizens must prove through their actions what is right or wrong.

Answer 2

The correct answer is the following.

In Thoreau’s view, the ethical responsibility of a government to a minority population is to protect them. The government administration should be effective and valuable. It had to respond to the necessities of the majority population.

Henry David Thoreau wrote the essay “Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) in 1849. The essay makes an invitation to citizens to never allow government authorities to step into their rights and taint their consciousness. Citizens should never allow the government to commit injustices.