When all else fails : the ethics of resistance to state injustice /

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

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Hlavní autor: Brennan, Jason, 1979- (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Princeton : Princeton University Press [2019]
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvc77g1b
Obsah:
  • Resistance: the fourth option
  • Defensive ethics: the general framework
  • The government authority argument for special immunity
  • Other general arguments for special immunity
  • Just say no: the ethics of following unjust orders
  • Lying with intent to sabotage
  • Vigilante justices: what judges should do in response to unjust law
  • Must you resist? : some closing thoughts.