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oa De paradox van burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid, toen en thans
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Filosofie & Praktijk, Volume 44, Issue 3/4, Dec 2023, p. 414 - 436
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- 01 Dec 2023
Abstract
Abstract
Based on my study Law, Social Order and Civil Disobedience (in Dutch 1972), a paradox of civil disobedience has been formulated: civil disobedience in a totalitarian system is quite difficult to organise and not without personal danger, but can easier be justified, morally as well as legally; while contrarily civil disobedience in a democracy and under a rule of law, can be organised quite easily, but can be much more difficult to justify morally and legally. In this article the paradox is applied to present-day forms of public protests and civil disobedient actions. Civil disobedience in a democracy must be aimed at protection of the democratic rights of co-citizens and hence must be principally non-violent.
© Kees Schuyt. 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