1st Edition

The Ethics of Political Dissent

By Tony Milligan Copyright 2023
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

A broadly liberal politics requires political compassion, not simply in the sense of compassion for the victims of injustice but also for opponents confronted through political protest and (more broadly) dissent. There are times when, out of a sense of compassion, a just cause should not be pressed. There are times when we need to accommodate the dreadfulness of loss for opponents, even when... Read more

Introduction

Chapter One - The Fable of the Colonial Ethicists

Chapter Two - The Very Idea of Dissent

Chapter Three - Skepticism about Political Ethics

Chapter Four - Assumptions about Moral Superiority

Chapter Five - Gaining Concepts: Appeals to Ahimsa

Chapter Six - Political Grief and the Removal of Statues

Chapter Seven - Between Politics and Love

Conclusion

Biography

Tony Milligan is Senior Researcher in the Philosophy of Ethics with the Cosmological Visionaries project at King’s College London. His previous publications include Pravda v Době Populismu (2019); Animal Ethics: the Basics (2015); Civil Disobedience: Protest, Justification and the Law (2013); and Beyond Animal Rights: Food, Pets and Ethics (2010).