Civil disobedience in focus / edited by Hugo Adam Bedau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bedau H Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Bedau, Hugo Adam.

Series:

Philosophers in Focus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government, Resistance to.

Local Subjects:

Government, Resistance to.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. The pieces included range from classic essays by leading contemporary thinkers such as Rawls, Raz and Singer. Hugo Adam Bedau's introduction sets out the issues and shows how the various authors shed

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CRITO Plato; CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Henry David Thoreau; CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INJUSTICE H. A. Bedau; LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM CITY JAIL Martin Luther King, Jr; THE CASE AGAINST CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Herbert J. Storing; DEFINITION AND JUSTIFICATION OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE John Rawls; DISOBEDIENCE AS A PLEA FOR RECONSIDERATION Peter Singer; THE JUSTIFIABILITY OF VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE John Morreall; CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND NON-CO-OPERATION Vinit Haksar; CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Joseph Raz

JUSTIFYING NONVIOLENT DISOBEDIENCE Kent GreenawaltDEFINING CIVIL DISOBEDIENCEBrian Smart; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-213) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-94258-3

1-280-18215-6

1-134-94259-1

0-203-32224-X

0-203-00365-9

9780203003657

OCLC:

264484406