Henry David Thoreau felt that war was unjust and therefore refused to pay his taxes when the United States declared war on Mexico. Thoreau felt that there was a higher law than the law of the land. Which theory of jurisprudence was he applying?

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Camden Santos

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23 March, 17:00

Henry David Thoreau felt that war was unjust and therefore refused to pay his taxes when the United States declared war on Mexico. Thoreau felt that there was a higher law than the law of the land. Which theory of jurisprudence was he applying?

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Sly · Answer 1

A young essayist and poet named Henry David Thoreau staged the best known act of protest against the Mexican war. On July 23, 1846, the constable of Concord, Massachusetts, arrested the Transcendentalist poet for failure to pay the state poll tax (a head tax on male citizens between the ages of 21 and 70).

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Addisyn Stokes · Answer 2

Henry David was applying Natural Law Theory of jurisprudence.

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According to natural law theory, there is an intimate connection between law and morality. Morality refers to what is right and wrong or good and bad. Supporters of natural law theory believe that human laws are majorly defined by morality instead of authorities such the government. For this reason, humans take direction from human nature to figure out the laws and act in accordance with them.