TY - BOOK ID - 26188899 TI - Civil disobedience in focus PY - 1991 SN - 0415050553 9780415050555 0203003659 9780203003657 9781134942596 1134942591 0415050545 9780415050548 9781138144545 1138144541 9780203322246 020332224X 1280182156 9781134942541 9781134942589 1134942583 9781280182150 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - General ethics KW - Government, Resistance to. KW - Government, Resistance to KW - Civil resistance KW - Non-resistance to government KW - Resistance to government KW - Political science KW - Political violence KW - Insurgency KW - Nonviolence KW - Revolutions KW - Political resistance UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:26188899 AB - The issues surrounding civil disobedience have been discussed since at least 399 BC and, in the wake of such recent events as the protest at Tiananmen Square, are still of great relevance. By presenting classic and current philosophical reflections on the issues, this book presents all the basic materials needed for a philosophical assessment of the nature and justification of civil disobedience. The pieces included range from classic essays by leading contemporary thinkers such as Rawls, Raz and Singer. Hugo Adam Bedau's introduction sets out the issues and shows how the various authors shed ER -