Clarifying our duties to resist
According to a prominent argument, citizens in unjust societies have a duty to resist injustice. The moral and political principles that ground the duty to obey the law in just or nearly just conditions, also ground the duty to resist in unjust conditions. This argument is often applied to a variety...
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| author | Lim, Chong-Ming |
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| description | According to a prominent argument, citizens in unjust societies have a duty to resist injustice. The moral and political principles that ground the duty to obey the law in just or nearly just conditions, also ground the duty to resist in unjust conditions. This argument is often applied to a variety of unjust conditions. In this essay, I critically examine this argument, focusing on conditions involving institutionally entrenched and socially normalised injustice. In such conditions, the issue of citizens’ duties to resist is complicated. I conclude by considering how my discussions may clarify a contemporary problem about engaging in resistance to aid potential migrants who have been turned away by states in accordance with widely accepted rules. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1638912022-12-21T05:18:40Z Clarifying our duties to resist Lim, Chong-Ming School of Humanities Humanities::Philosophy Resistance Disobedience According to a prominent argument, citizens in unjust societies have a duty to resist injustice. The moral and political principles that ground the duty to obey the law in just or nearly just conditions, also ground the duty to resist in unjust conditions. This argument is often applied to a variety of unjust conditions. In this essay, I critically examine this argument, focusing on conditions involving institutionally entrenched and socially normalised injustice. In such conditions, the issue of citizens’ duties to resist is complicated. I conclude by considering how my discussions may clarify a contemporary problem about engaging in resistance to aid potential migrants who have been turned away by states in accordance with widely accepted rules. Nanyang Technological University This work was supported by Nanyang Technological University: [Grant Number Start - Up Grant #021221-00001]. 2022-12-21T05:18:40Z 2022-12-21T05:18:40Z 2022 Journal Article Lim, C. (2022). Clarifying our duties to resist. Inquiry (United Kingdom), 1-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2022.2053739 0020-174X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163891 10.1080/0020174X.2022.2053739 2-s2.0-85126795456 1 20 en #021221-00001 Inquiry (United Kingdom) © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. All rights reserved. |
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| title | Clarifying our duties to resist |
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| title_short | Clarifying our duties to resist |
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