What is wrong with disobedience? What makes an act of disobedience civil or uncivil? Under what conditions can an act of civil or uncivil disobedience be justified? Can a liberal democratic regime tolerate (un)civil disobedience? This Element book presents the main answers that philosophers and activist-thinkers have offered to these questions. It is organized in 3 parts: Part I presents the main philosophical accounts of civil disobedience that liberal political philosophers and democrati...

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 obe...

關於義務，你怎麼想？面對不義，抵抗就是義務！面對不正當的政府，違法就是義務！當國家行使暴力，抗命就是義務！　　面對不義，我們有何責任？為了對抗不義，我們應該做到什麼程度？許多人認為，只要國家近乎公正，公民就有遵守法律的道德義務。支持公民抗命的人通常認為，考慮到這種道德義務，我們必須有堅實的理由才可以違法。但從梭羅、甘地以至「黑人生命運動」（Movement for Black Lives）的行動主義者早就認識到，有時候我們並非有守法的義務，而是有違法的義務。　　《抵抗的義務:面對不義的非文明抗命行動》(A Duty to Resist: When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil)一書認真看待這種行動主義的歷史，致力於處理在包庇不義的現實社會中我們有何政治義務的問題。本書作者康迪絲．戴瑪（Candice Delmas...

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 obe...

This book addresses the need for theological reflection on uncivil disobedience. Existing scholarship in theology and politics mostly treats church-state relations theoretically, with studies in non-violent resistance or civil disobedience, or in other ways largely assuming traditional forms of governance and means of protest—all while paying little to no attention to post-modern political philosophies. Recent eruptions of uncivil disobedience, oftentimes involving violence, like we have s...

Can violent resistance ever be justified as a means of protest? Brought to the fore of national consciousness by protest movements such as Black Lives Matter, as well as the January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol, questions around the ethics of uncivil unrest urgently call for a wider scholarly examination and debate. In this volume, editors Candice Delmas and Avia Pasternak bring together a collection of cutting-edge perspectives on the ethics of uncivil protest and resistance. The cont...