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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for the Just Society
The Question of Justice

Topical links

Socrates and Plato

Socrates
(http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg;=2&ti=761573200)

Encarta article
Socrates
(http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/14119a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Socrates: Philosophical Life
(http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/2d.htm)

Synopses of Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito by Garth Kemerling
Plato
(http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg;=2&ti=761568769)

Encarta article
The Life of Plato
(http://plato.evansville.edu/life.htm)

Discussion by Anthony F. Beavers and Christopher Planeaux (Exploring Plato's Dialogues)
Plato: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/plat.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling
Lecture Notes on the Crito
(http://www.owecc.net/stevecarden/plato/notes3.htm)

Summary of Plato's dialogue by Stephen Carden (Owensboro Community College)
Plato: The Crito: Summary of the Argument Against Escaping from Prison
(http://www.fred.net/tzaka/crito2.html)

Reflections by Gordon L. Ziniewicz
Plato's Crito
(http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/fai/Faculty/Professors/Protevi/Fh/Crito.html)

Detailed analysis of this dialogue and its arguments against civil disobedience by John Protevi (Louisiana State University)
Plato's Crito
(http://web.mit.edu/wedgwood/www/teaching/ancient97/socrates-3.html)

Detailed lecture by Ralph Wedgwood (MIT)
Plato links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Plat)

EpistemeLink link collection

For more on the rationalism of Socrates and Plato see the links for Chapter 2.2.
Mohandas Gandhi

Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
(http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761575565)

Encarta article
Mahatma Gandhi: Indian Spiritual/Political Leader and Humanitarian
(http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/mkgandhi.html)

Brief biography and collection of links by Robin Chew (Lucidcafé)
The Official Mahatma Gandhi eArchive
(http://www.mahatma.org.in/index.jsp)

Extensive site with information on Gandhi's life and thought
The Complete Site on Mahatma Gandhi
(http://www.mkgandhi.org/)

Collection of information on Gandhi's life and philosophy, timelines, multimedia presentations, etc.
M. K. Gandhi
(http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/)

Site with links to online books discussing Gandhi's philosophy, FAQs, quotations, etc. from the Gandhian Institution Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal
M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
(http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/siteindex.html)

Site offering biographies, links, etc. about Gandhi and his nonviolent perspective
Gandhi and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
(http://www.algonet.se/~jviklund/gandhi/ENG.GIlect96.html)

Article by Jan Viklund in Gandhi Today, 1996
Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/k9.htm#king)

Brief biography by Garth Kemerling
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
(http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761557424)

Encarta article
Martin Luther King, Jr.: American Civil-Rights Leader
(http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/king.html)

Brief biography and collection of links by Robin Chew (Lucidcafé)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Historical Examination
(http://www.martinlutherking.org/)

Information about King's life and links to related sites
MLK Online
(http://www.mlkonline.com/)

Biography of King, information about the holiday, quotations, multimedia presentations, etc.
The King Center
(http://www.thekingcenter.org/)

Site devoted to the memory of Martin Luther King Jr., including audio links and text transcripts of King on nonviolence
The Letter from the Birmingham Jail: Critical Thinking Notes
(http://www.drury.edu/ess/values/mlking.html)

Detailed lecture notes by Charles Ess (Drury University)
Civil disobedience

Civil Disobedience
(http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/civ-dis.htm)

Definition, objections, and replies by Peter Suber (Earlham College)
Intellectual heritage of civil disobedience or passive resistance
(http://www.cl.uh.edu/itc/scripts/litr/4533/anticivd.htm)

Outline lecture notes by Craig White (University of Houston at Clear Lake) giving overview of various examples of civil disobedience
Thoreau's Civil Disobedience
(http://www.san.beck.org/GPJ16-Abolitionists.html#5)

Discussion by Sanderson Beck (World University)
The War, Civil Disobedience, and the Nineteenth Amendment
(http://www.huntington.org/vfw/stb/stb10.html)

Account of civil disobedience practiced by women campaigning for suffrage; from Votes for Women: a 75th Anniversary Album
Civil Disobedience Index
(http://www.actupny.org/documents/CDdocuments/CDindex.html)

Collection of links from Act Up
Activism: Peace: Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
(http://www.activism.net/peace/nvcdh/)

Excerpts from the Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Handbook
Peace history
(http://www.la.utexas.edu/course-materials/sociology/soc308c/sp01/peace.html)

List of people throughout history who have worked for change through peaceful means; compiled by Les Kurtz (University of Texas at Austin)