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oa Burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid, ter inleiding
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Filosofie & Praktijk, Volume 44, Issue 3/4, Dec 2023, p. 246 - 282
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- 01 Dec 2023
Abstract
Abstract
The Introduction to this special issue on civil disobedience presents an overview of the Dutch philosophical debate from the 1970s to the present. A disobedient citizen typically acts against the law while recognizing the legitimacy of the democratic legal order as a whole, in order to challenge a specific legal injustice. Rawls’ liberal model is the default view. Radical critics relax Rawls’ strict requirements for disobedient actions and shift the focus of the fight for justice from individual liberty to social equality. In political practice, the response of the Dutch authorities is not very tolerant. The Introduction concludes with an overview of the essays, many of which focus on the climate crisis.
© Jozef Keulartz & Cees Maris. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY-ND 4.0 license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0