The Ethics of Political Dissent

This book argues that principles are only a limited guide to dissent in unique, contingent circumstances. There are times when we need to accommodate the dreadfulness of loss for opponents, even when the cause for which they fight is unjust. We may also have to come to terms with the irreversibility of historic injustice and reconcile.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One - The Fable of the Colonial Ethicists
Chapter Two - The Very Idea of Dissent
Chapter Three - Skepticism about Political Ethics
Chapter Four - Assumptions about Moral Superiority
Chapter Five - Gaining Concepts: Appeals to Ahimsa
Chapter Six - Political Grief and the Removal of Statues
Chapter Seven - Between Politics and Love
Conclusion

About the author

Tony Milligan is Senior Researcher in the Philosophy of Ethics with the Cosmological Visionaries project at King’s College London. His previous publications include Pravda v Době Populismu (2019); Animal Ethics: the Basics (2015); Civil Disobedience: Protest, Justification and the Law (2013); and Beyond Animal Rights: Food, Pets and Ethics (2010).

Summary

This book argues that principles are only a limited guide to dissent in unique, contingent circumstances. There are times when we need to accommodate the dreadfulness of loss for opponents, even when the cause for which they fight is unjust. We may also have to come to terms with the irreversibility of historic injustice and reconcile.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Milligan
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032306469
• ISBN: 978-1-032-30646-9
• No. of pages: 178
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies