1st Edition

Civil Disobedience in Focus

Edited By Hugo Adam Bedau Copyright 1991
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

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.... Read more
Acknowledgements, 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, Bibliography

Biography

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