When All Else Fails : The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice Hardback
by Jason Brennan
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Why you have the right to resist unjust governmentThe economist Albert O.
Hirschman famously argued that citizens of democracies have only three possible responses to injustice or wrongdoing by their governments: we may leave, complain, or comply.
But in When All Else Fails, Jason Brennan argues that there is a fourth option.
When governments violate our rights, we may resist. We may even have a moral duty to do so. For centuries, almost everyone has believed that we must allow the government and its representatives to act without interference, no matter how they behave.
We may complain, protest, sue, or vote officials out, but we can’t fight back.
But Brennan makes the case that we have no duty to allow the state or its agents to commit injustice.
We have every right to react with acts of “uncivil disobedience.†We may resist arrest for violation of unjust laws.
We may disobey orders, sabotage government property, or reveal classified information.
We may deceive ignorant, irrational, or malicious voters.
We may even use force in self-defense or to defend others. The result is a provocative challenge to long-held beliefs about how citizens may respond when government officials behave unjustly or abuse their power.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:11/12/2018
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- ISBN:9780691181714
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:11/12/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691181714