According to Henry David Thoreau, a criterion for civil disobedience is that:

A. it must precede legal efforts to change unjust laws.
B. only moral and nonviolent means must be used to achieve a goal.
C. the disobedience movement must be kept secret so that the government cannot interfere.
D. the laws being protested must be degrading to nonhuman animals.


Answer: B

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