When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice - Couverture rigide

Brennan, Jason

 
9780691181714: When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice
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ISBN 10 : 0691181713 ISBN 13 : 9780691181714
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Why you have the right to resist unjust government

The economist Albert O. Hirschman famously argued that citizens of democracies have only three possible responses to injustice or wrongdoing by their governments: we may leave, complain, or comply. But in When All Else Fails, Jason Brennan argues that there is a fourth option. When governments violate our rights, we may resist. We may even have a moral duty to do so.

For centuries, almost everyone has believed that we must allow the government and its representatives to act without interference, no matter how they behave. We may complain, protest, sue, or vote officials out, but we can't fight back. But Brennan makes the case that we have no duty to allow the state or its agents to commit injustice. We have every right to react with acts of "uncivil disobedience." We may resist arrest for violation of unjust laws. We may disobey orders, sabotage government property, or reveal classified information. We may deceive ignorant, irrational, or malicious voters. We may even use force in self-defense or to defend others.

The result is a provocative challenge to long-held beliefs about how citizens may respond when government officials behave unjustly or abuse their power.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. His many books include Against Democracy and The Ethics of Voting (both Princeton).

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691181713
ISBN 13 
9780691181714
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
Princeton University Press
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ISBN 10 :  0691211507 ISBN 13 :  9780691211503
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2020
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