4. Gandhi
Duty to disobey the
unjust leader.
Difference
between civil
disobedience &
lawlessness
5. Letter from Birmingham Jail
Direct action to initiate
negotiation
Unjust law is against God’s
law
Martin Luther King
6. “For years now I have heard the word ‘Wait!’…We
must come to see…that ‘justice too long delayed is
justice denied.’…One may well ask, ‘How can you
advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?’
The answer is found in the fact that there are two
types of laws: just and unjust...One has not only a legal
but a moral responsibility to obey just laws.
Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey
unjust laws.”
M. L. King, Letter from Birmingham Jail
(1963)
7. I shall assume, as requiring no
argument, that there is, at least in
a society such as ours, a moral
obligation to obey the law,
although it may, of course, be
overridden in certain cases by
other more stringent obligations.
…a public, nonviolent,
conscientious yet political act
contrary to the law usually done
with the aim of bringing about a
change in the law or policies of
the government.
Rawles: Theory of Justice (1971)
8. “committed openly…non-violently…and conscientiously…
within the framework of the rule of law…with the
intention of frustrating or protesting some law, policy or
decision…of the government.”
H. A. Bedau: Civil Disobedience in Focus
9. ...if the aim of disobedience is to present a case to the public, then only
such disobedience as is necessary to present this case is justified...if
disobedience for publicity purposes is to be compatible with fair
compromise, it must be non-violent.
Peter Singer: Civil disobedience
10. Not defensible in a democracy
Democratic process
Have ALL other methods been exhausted?
Obeying social contract
Critique
11. 1. Disobedience Purpose of civil protest for change
2. Civil Public, open, acceptance of consequences
3. Non-violent respect people & property
4. Legitimacy Conflict of laws or morals
Disobedience criteria
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