Civil Disobedience in Focus

ISBN-13: 9781138144545 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 224 str.

Hugo Adam Bedau; Hugo Adam Bedau

Opis

The issues surrounding civil disobedience have been discussed since at least 399 BC and, in the wake of such recent events as the protest at Tiananmen Square, are still of great relevance. By presenting classic and current philosophical reflections on the issues, this book presents all the basic materials needed for a philosophical assessment of the nature and justification of civil disobedience. The pieces included range from classic essays by leading contemporary thinkers such as Rawls, Raz and Singer. Hugo Adam Bedau's introduction sets out the issues and shows how the various authors shed light on each aspect of them.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 CRITO 2 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 3 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INJUSTICE 4 LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM CITY JAIL 5 THE CASE AGAINST CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 6 DEFINITION AND JUSTIFICATION OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 7 DISOBEDIENCE AS A PLEA FOR RECONSIDERATION 8 THE JUSTIFIABILITY OF VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 9 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND NON-CO-OPERATION 10 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 11 JUSTIFYING NONVIOLENT DISOBEDIENCE 12 DEFINING CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

O autorze

Hugo Adam Bedau is Austin Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University