In Defense of Uncivil Disobedience

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Delmas
Keyword(s):  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
General Process ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Democratic Societies

Chapter 2 makes a case for the justifiability of some acts of uncivil disobedience—acts that are covert, evasive, violent, or offensive. After sketching some general process- and goal-related constraints on uncivil disobedience, the chapter examines some traditional arguments against disobedience in general and argues that the responses offered by champions of civil disobedience can also justify some types of uncivil disobedience. It then responds to arguments for preferring civil over uncivil disobedience and identifies the potential value of incivility for subordinated members in democratic societies allegedly committed to mutual reciprocity. The chapter concludes by sketching the implications of the account with respect to society’s treatment of uncivil disobedients.

Uncivil Disobedience

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Delmas
Keyword(s):  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
The Third ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Democratic Societies

There is a common tendency to categorize as civil disobedience acts of resistance that one approves of, even when the acts in question violate common marks of civility. This chapter proposes a different strategy, namely, to think about uncivil disobedience—to wit, principled lawbreaking that is covert, evasive, violent, or offensive. The first section explains the problems with the two main approaches to civil disobedience and sketches a basic conceptual account of uncivil disobedience. The rest of the chapter seeks to justify at least some forms of uncivil disobedience even in supposedly legitimate, liberal democratic states like ours. The second section argues that uncivil disobedience can do much of what civil disobedience does, while the third section argues that uncivil disobedience can do and say valuable things that civil disobedience cannot do or say. In particular, it identifies the potential value of incivility for subordinated members in democratic societies allegedly committed to mutual reciprocity.

The Ethics of (Un)Civil Resistance

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-373
Author(s):  
William Smith
Keyword(s):  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Civil Resistance ◽  
Democratic Societies ◽  
The Rich

AbstractCivil disobedience is a conscientious, unlawful, and broadly nonviolent form of protest, which most political philosophers and many non-philosophers are inclined to treat as potentially defensible in democratic societies. In recent years, philosophers have become more receptive to long-standing complaints from activists that civil disobedience is an unduly restrictive framework for considering the ethics of dissent. Candice Delmas and Jason Brennan have written important books that illustrate and strengthen this trend, both defending forms of “uncivil” resistance that go beyond the narrow confines of civil disobedience. Their books offer contrasting but complementary philosophical defences of incivility as a tactic of resistance, but it is nonetheless a mistake to conclude that the rich tradition associated with civil disobedience no longer has any relevance for resistance in national, transnational, and global contexts.

Justice and Democracy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Delmas
Keyword(s):  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Political Obligations ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
Democratic Societies

Chapter 3 uses the natural duty of justice—which requires supporting just institutions—to defend a duty to resist injustice in basically legitimate states. It develops a typology of injustice ranging from democratically sanctioned violations of basic rights to official abuses, in order to better understand the implications of the duty of justice as it applies to the unjust conditions that can prevail within otherwise-legitimate, democratic societies. The chapter defends a series of political obligations corresponding to the contexts of injustice identified: obligations to engage in education efforts, protest (including by means of civil disobedience), covert disobedience, vigilante self-defense, and whistleblowing. The chapter concludes by sketching potential political obligations with respect to illegitimate states.

Civil disobedience as transnational disruption

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Global Dimension ◽  
Routine Activities ◽  
Dense Network ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Normative Authority ◽  
The Core ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Normative Standards ◽  
Democratic Societies

Abstract:Civil disobedience has been theorised as an informal guardian of the constitution in democratic societies, but such accounts struggle to accommodate protest that has an international or global dimension. This article addresses this issue through offering a theory of civil disobedience as transnational disruption. Civil disobedience is ‘transnational’ insofar as it is an appeal to a national, international or global public that highlights failures to observe moral, political or legal values that are an appropriate source of normative authority in global contexts. Civil disobedience is ‘disruptive’ insofar as it obstructs the routine activities of relevant parties in order to draw attention to the demands of protesters. The core argument is that civil disobedience can uphold normative standards that have been incorporated into a dense network of treaties, conventions and global regulatory frameworks. It can thus make a modest but valuable contribution to the processes through which publics deliberate about the meaning and interpretation of these contested norms.

scholarly journals Protesta democrática = Democratic protest

2018 ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Alicia García Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Democratic Societies ◽  
The Relationship

Resumen: En este trabajo se realiza un recorrido por la idea de protesta a lo largo de tres dimensiones. En primer lugar, se trata la relación de la protesta con la ley (incluyendo aquí el problema de la desobediencia civil y de la tensión entre legalidad y legitimidad). En segundo lugar, se aborda el papel político de la contestación social en el funcionamiento de las sociedades democráticas. En tercer lugar, se analiza el problema del populismo punitivo y las políticas represivas en el contexto de sociedades fuertemente marcadas por la desigualdad, la pobreza y la conflictividad social.Palabras clave: Protesta, desobediencia, democracia, legalidad, legitimidad.Abstract: In this article, the idea of protest is approached along three dimensions. First, it deals with the relationship between protest and law (with particular attention to the problem of civil disobedience and the tension between legality and legitimacy). Secondly, the political role of social contestation in the functioning of democratic societies is addressed. Finally, the problem of punitive populism and repressive policies is analyzed in the context of societies strongly marked by inequality, poverty and social conflict.Keywords: Protest, disobedience, democracy, legality, legitimacy.

The French Army: From Obedience to Insurrection

1967 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 678-691
Author(s):  
Richard D. Challener
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Scientist ◽  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Officer Corps ◽  
French Army ◽  
Professional Duty ◽  
Democratic Societies ◽  
Second World

What tempts an army to move into politics and ultimately to pass beyond the threshold of legality into the realm of civil disobedience and insurrection? In Latin America and the underdeveloped world, where such occurrences have been common, the phenomenon of military “praetorianism” poses relatively few analytical problems for the historian or social scientist. But the forces in modern democratic societies which lead an army into rebellion are far more complex, just as, fortunately, they arise with far less frequency. In contemporary France the problem of military insurrection is especially complicated, all the more so since the French army, until the era of the Second World War, had always regarded itself as “la grande muette,” suffering but obedient, and the French officer corps had prided itself on its apoliti-cism and devotion to strict professional duty.

The application of electron microscopy to diagnosis in gynecologic neoplasms and tumor-like conditions

1984 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 102-105
Author(s):  
Lawrence M. Roth
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Malignant Tumors ◽  
Frozen Section ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Female Reproductive Tract ◽  
Ultrastructural Examination ◽  
Specific Diagnosis ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Gynecologic Neoplasms

The female reproductive tract may be the site of a wide variety of benign and malignant tumors, as well as non-neoplastic tumor-like conditions, most of which can be diagnosed by light microscopic examination including special stains and more recently immunoperoxidase techniques. Nevertheless there are situations where ultrastructural examination can contribute substantially to an accurate and specific diagnosis. It is my opinion that electron microscopy can be of greatest benefit and is most cost effective when applied in conjunction with other methodologies. Thus, I have developed an approach which has proved useful for me and may have benefit for others. In cases where it is deemed of potential value, glutaraldehyde-fixed material is obtained at the time of frozen section or otherwise at operation. Coordination with the gynecologic oncologist is required in the latter situation. This material is processed and blocked and is available if a future need arises.

Physiological and Behavioral Cues: Identifying Their Potential Value in Measuring Human-Robot Trust

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy L. Sanders ◽  
Natasha Llorens ◽  
Deborah R. Billings ◽  
Kristin E. Schaefer ◽  
Peter A. Hancock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potential Value ◽  
Behavioral Cues

57Co-Hematoporphyrin Accumulation by Experimental Tumors

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 183-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Anghileri ◽  
M. Heidbreder ◽  
R. Mathes
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Tumors ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Tumor Bearing ◽  
In Vivo Distribution

SummaryThe in vivo distribution of 57Co-hematoporphyrin in adenocarcinoma BW10232-bearing mice has been studied. Tumor-bearing and normal animals exhibit similar patterns of radioactivity accumulation. Twenty-four hours after the administration of the radiocompound the ratios tumor to blood and tumor to muscle indicate a potential value of this radioactive porphyrin for the detection of some types of tumor.

Environmental Studies and Ethnic Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
David N. Pellow
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Ethnic Studies ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Potential Value

This article offers insights into conceptual, pedagogical, and programmatic crossings and conflicts between the fields of Environmental Studies and Ethnic Studies. It highlights both the important intersections between the two fields and their potential value, while also addressing the challenges posed in the development of programmatic collaborations. Utilizing case studies drawn from the author’s own experiences, the article’s focus is on harnessing the strengths and limitations of both fields to promote transformative knowledge and action at multiple scales.

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