Based on Thoreau's transcendental beliefs, why might he have written an essay opposing the war?

Thoreau believed that people should follow their conscience, even when doing so means resisting unjust laws or government actions. In opposing the war, he could explain an individual's responsibility to act morally within a society he viewed as corrupt. Choice A best expresses this idea; he was not claiming that government was essentially good or that social issues did not matter.

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