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  • A Duty to Resist

    When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil

    by Candice Delmas ...
    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 ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Civil and Uncivil Disobedience

    by Candice Delmas ...
    Series series Elements in Political Philosophy
    What is wrong with disobedience? What makes an act of disobedience civil or uncivil? Under what conditions can an act of civil or uncivil disobedience be justified? Can a liberal democratic regime tolerate (un)civil disobedience? This Element book presents the main answers that philosophers and activist-thinkers have offered to these questions. It is organized in 3 parts: Part I presents the main ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Ethics of Uncivil Protest and Resistance

    Edited by Candice Delmas, Avia Pasternak ...
    Can violent resistance ever be justified as a means of protest? Brought to the fore of national consciousness by protest movements such as Black Lives Matter, as well as the January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol, questions around the ethics of uncivil unrest urgently call for a wider scholarly examination and debate. In this volume, editors Candice Delmas and Avia Pasternak bring together a ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

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    A Duty to Resist

    When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil

    by Candice Delmas ...
    Narrated by Allyson Ryan ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 44 min

    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 ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Uncivil Disobedience

    Theological Perspectives

    by David M. Gides, Nick Braune, Joan Braune, Joshua W. Carpenter, André Gagné, Ryan R. Gladwin, Jordan E. Miller, Anna Floerke Scheid, Matthew A. Shadle, Matthew J. Tuininga0, Candice Delmas1, Michael Laffin2, John Witte Jr.3 ...
    This book addresses the need for theological reflection on uncivil disobedience. Existing scholarship in theology and politics mostly treats church-state relations theoretically, with studies in non-violent resistance or civil disobedience, or in other ways largely assuming traditional forms of governance and means of protest—all while paying little to no attention to post-modern political ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • The Meaning of Freedom

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    by Angela Y. Davis ...
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    Essays Towards Liberation

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  • Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice

    by Jack Donnelly ...
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  • The Rights Revolution

    by Michael Ignatieff ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    With an updated preface by the author.Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our ... Read more

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    Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture

    by Angela Y. Davis ...
    Series series Open Media Series
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  • A Dream Deferred

    The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America

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    Award-winning author Shelby Steele's essay collection A Dream Deferred reveals the untold story behind the polarized racial politics in America today.A New York Times Notable BookThrough thought-provoking insights, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Shelby Steele argues that a second betrayal of black freedom in the United States—the first one being segregation—emerged from the civil rights ... Read more

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