Student Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
1974
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
RU Laboratory
Feinberg Laboratory
Abstract
The problem of civil disobedience and its justification has received a great deal of attention in the past decade, and it seems safe to say that a consensus of sorts has been reached with respect to the basic questions of (i) whether such dissent can be morally justified in a legitimate constitutional democracy; and, if it can be justified, (ii) roughly what the conditions are under which this is the case. The received view among liberal political theorists, as I understand it, is that civil disobedience can be morally justified, under certain conditions, even in a more or less just democratic society. What's more, there is a remarkable degree of agreement among contemporary thinkers as to roughly what the conditions are under which civil disobedience is justified.
Recommended Citation
Farrell, Daniel Michael, "Paying the Penalty: The Role of Punishment in Theories of Justified Civil Disobedience" (1974). Student Theses and Dissertations. 495.
https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/student_theses_and_dissertations/495
Comments
A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of The Rockefeller University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy