The Resource When all else fails : the ethics of resistance to state injustice, Jason Brennan
When all else fails : the ethics of resistance to state injustice, Jason Brennan
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- Summary
- 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 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- When all else fails : the ethics of resistance to state injustice
- Title
- When all else fails
- Title remainder
- the ethics of resistance to state injustice
- Statement of responsibility
- Jason Brennan
- Subject
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- trueHuman rights
- Human rights
- Justice -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Justice -- Moral and ethical aspects
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays
- Government, Resistance to
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference
- truePassive resistance
- Passive resistance
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
- Government, Resistance to
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 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
- Cataloging source
- TOH
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brennan, Jason
- Dewey number
- 320.01/1
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JC328.3
- LC item number
- .B74 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Justice
- Passive resistance
- Government, Resistance to
- Human rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference
- Government, Resistance to
- Human rights
- Justice
- Passive resistance
- Label
- When all else fails : the ethics of resistance to state injustice, Jason Brennan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1080605955
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691181714
- Lccn
- 2018946999
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1080605955
- Label
- When all else fails : the ethics of resistance to state injustice, Jason Brennan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1080605955
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691181714
- Lccn
- 2018946999
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1080605955
Subject
- trueHuman rights
- Human rights
- Justice -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Justice -- Moral and ethical aspects
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays
- Government, Resistance to
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference
- truePassive resistance
- Passive resistance
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
- Government, Resistance to
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