A duty to resist : when disobedience should be uncivil / Candice Delmas.
2018
JC328.3 .D436 2018
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Title
A duty to resist : when disobedience should be uncivil / Candice Delmas.
Author
Delmas, Candice, author.
ISBN
9780190872229 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
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JC328.3 .D436 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.61
Summary
What are our responsibilities in the face of injustice? As Candice Delmas argues, we have a duty to resist injustice, which is more important, sometimes, than our duty to obey the law. Drawing from the tradition of activists including Thoreau, Gandhi, and the Movement for Black Lives, Delmas conceptualizes and defends uncivil disobedience and explores its practices and limits. Delmas turns the traditional arguments for civil disobedience on their head, and lays out a clear argument for the duty to go beyond that to resist injustice, even by uncivil means, when necessary.
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What are our responsibilities in the face of injustice? As Candice Delmas argues, we have a duty to resist injustice, which is more important, sometimes, than our duty to obey the law. Drawing from the tradition of activists including Thoreau, Gandhi, and the Movement for Black Lives, Delmas conceptualizes and defends uncivil disobedience and explores its practices and limits. Delmas turns the traditional arguments for civil disobedience on their head, and lays out a clear argument for the duty to go beyond that to resist injustice, even by uncivil means, when necessary.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 18, 2018).
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Print version: 9780190872199
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