SOCIOLOGY / PHILOSOPHY / LAW The Morality of Civil Disobedience Robert T. Hall “ Salvation from social upheaval is now thought to depend entirely upon increasing the scope of the law and strengthening its provisions .
The book shows that civil disobedience is generally more defensible than private conscientious objection. Part I explores the morality of conviction and conscience. Each of these concepts informs a distinct argument for civil disobedience.
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Contrasts liberal views in the tradition of John Locke with conservative Whig attitudes as personified by Edmund Burke in a consideration of moral duty and civil disobedience
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Seven half-hour radio talks first broadcast during January and February of 1966 in Ideas, a program series arranged for the CBC Department of Public Affairs.
Civil Disobedience: Conscience, Tactics, and the Law
OSPP aims to publish some of the best contemporary work in political philosophy and these closely related subfields. This volume features seven papers that address a range of central topics and represent cutting edge work in the field.
This book examines the nature and role of the many conventions which, rather than laws, are instrumental in determining many important questions of Government behaviour in Britain and other Commonwealth countries.
Drawing from numerous examples of conflicts between law and morality, Greeawalt illustrates in detail the positions and predicaments of potential lawbreakers and lawmakers alike.
At Barnett's orders, the Freedom Riders were kept in strict isolation from one another in the maximum security wing of the penitentiary, restricted from going outside. In the midst of the intense loneliness, boredom, and isolation, ...