A Duty to Resist, Candice Delmas
A Duty to Resist, Candice Delmas
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A Duty to Resist
When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil

Author: Candice Delmas

Narrator: Allyson Ryan

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/09/2018


Synopsis

What are our responsibilities in the face of injustice? How far should we go to fight it? Many would argue that as long as a state is nearly just, citizens have a moral duty to obey the law. Proponents of civil disobedience generally hold that, given this moral duty, a person needs a solid justification to break the law. But activists from Henry David Thoreau and Mohandas Gandhi to the Movement for Black Lives have long recognized that there are times when, rather than having a duty to obey the law, we have a duty to disobey it.

Taking seriously the history of this activism, A Duty to Resist wrestles with the problem of political obligation in real world societies that harbor injustice. Candice Delmas argues that the duty of justice, the principle of fairness, the Samaritan duty, and political association impose responsibility to resist under conditions of injustice. We must expand political obligation to include a duty to resist unjust laws and social conditions even in legitimate states.

About Candice Delmas

Candice Delmas is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Northeastern University and the Associate Director of the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Program. She previously served as a Dworkin-Balzan Fellow at New York University School of Law from 2016 to 2017.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel

I enjoyed reading this book, and found it a thoughtful survey of past thought in political ethics on civil disobedience, as well as a creative application of this thought in a new way. Ordinarily, that would make for a great academic book in my view. Unfortunately, I found its depth in exploring jus......more

Goodreads review by Rhys

I enjoyed A Duty to Resist - it is an even treatment of civil and uncivil disobedience, or principled disobedience, and the concept of resistance. Delmas begins with a Rawlsian perspective of justice and applies it to recent examples of principled disobedience. Principled disobedience, she argues, r......more

Goodreads review by Hannah

An interesting read which examines the different definitions and justification for both civil, and uncivil, disobedience. It intricately explains each definition and remains unbiased in its praises and problems with them all. The last chapter discusses the newfound meaning and justifications for civ......more

Goodreads review by KaHo

It’s a war and you want to win. What you need is not a reason or discussion on definition. You want to talk about strategy.......more

Delmar gives a strong argument for civil disobedience being a political duty. She gives countless examples of various historical events that have occurred through the country in prisons, women in India, African American mistreatment... etc where the laws of the land weren't extended to everyone and......more