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2018
According to common definitions, civil disobedience involves a public and nonviolent breach of law that is committed in order to change a law or policy, and in order to better society. More, those classed as civilly disobedient must be willing to accept punishment.
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According to common definitions, civil disobedience involves a public and nonviolent breach of law that is committed in order to change a law or policy, and in order to better society. More, those classed as civilly disobedient must be willing to accept punishment.
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Inquiry, 1978
Though all of the principal features of Rawls's definition of civil disobedience are in varying degrees unacceptable, one of these consists of the fertile but unargued suggestion that civil disobedience is a mode of address. The first half of the paper tests this by construing civil disobedience as a vehicle of non‐natural meaning (but not necessarily ...
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Though all of the principal features of Rawls's definition of civil disobedience are in varying degrees unacceptable, one of these consists of the fertile but unargued suggestion that civil disobedience is a mode of address. The first half of the paper tests this by construing civil disobedience as a vehicle of non‐natural meaning (but not necessarily ...
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The Hastings Center Report, 1989
KIE: Members of groups such as ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) risk arrest and criminal charges to protest laws and policies they view as unjust to persons with AIDS. Spiers, a founding member of ACT UP, discusses the rationale behind the tactics of civil disobedience employed by AIDS activists.
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KIE: Members of groups such as ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) risk arrest and criminal charges to protest laws and policies they view as unjust to persons with AIDS. Spiers, a founding member of ACT UP, discusses the rationale behind the tactics of civil disobedience employed by AIDS activists.
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Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 2004
The Internet is used for every conceivable form of communication and it is therefore only natural that it should be used as an infrastructure even for protest and civil disobedience. The technology however brings with it the ability to carry out new forms of protest, in new environments and also involve changed consequences for those involved.
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The Internet is used for every conceivable form of communication and it is therefore only natural that it should be used as an infrastructure even for protest and civil disobedience. The technology however brings with it the ability to carry out new forms of protest, in new environments and also involve changed consequences for those involved.
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2020
There is a rich tradition of thinking about when it is acceptable to break the law in a liberal democratic society. For XR, as for other social movements, practicing civil disobedience means to engage in a battle over legitimacy. Civil disobedience is a performative act aimed at a target audience that seeks to delegitimise opponents. XR explicitly draw
Oscar Berglund, Daniel Schmidt
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There is a rich tradition of thinking about when it is acceptable to break the law in a liberal democratic society. For XR, as for other social movements, practicing civil disobedience means to engage in a battle over legitimacy. Civil disobedience is a performative act aimed at a target audience that seeks to delegitimise opponents. XR explicitly draw
Oscar Berglund, Daniel Schmidt
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