A Duty to Resist: When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil

Author:   Allyson Ryan ,  Candice Delmas
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
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9781665217170


Publication Date:   09 October 2018
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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What are our responsibilities in the face of injustice? How far should we go to fight it? Many would argue that as long as a state is nearly just, citizens have a moral duty to obey the law. Proponents of civil disobedience generally hold that, given this moral duty, a person needs a solid justification to break the law. But activists from Henry David Thoreau and Mohandas Gandhi to the Movement for Black Lives have long recognized that there are times when, rather than having a duty to obey the law, we have a duty to disobey it. Taking seriously the history of this activism, A Duty to Resist wrestles with the problem of political obligation in real world societies that harbor injustice. Candice Delmas argues that the duty of justice, the principle of fairness, the Samaritan duty, and political association impose responsibility to resist under conditions of injustice. We must expand political obligation to include a duty to resist unjust laws and social conditions even in legitimate states.

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Author:   Allyson Ryan ,  Candice Delmas
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
Imprint:   Tantor Audio
ISBN:  

9781665217170


ISBN 10:   1665217170
Publication Date:   09 October 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Offers a probing, sophisticated, and timely theory of the duty to resist injustice. -- Tommie Shelby, author of Dark Ghettos


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Allyson Ryan is a voice-over actress and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. She also has extensive experience on stage and screen. Candice Delmas is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Northeastern University and the Associate Director of the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Program. She previously served as a Dworkin-Balzan Fellow at New York University School of Law from 2016 to 2017.

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