PHIL 2945

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PHIL 2945
Civil Disobedience

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This course examines controversies in the theory and history of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? Can law breaking ever be civil rather than criminal? Do disruptive protests endanger democracy or strengthen the rule of law? How do acts of protest influence public opinion and policy? How is the distinction between violence and nonviolence politically constructed and contested? We will study classical writings and contemporary scholarship in pursuit of answers to these questions and related debates concerning the rule of law, conscientious objection, the uses of civility and incivility, punishment and responsibility, as well as whistleblowing, direct action, strikes, sabotage, hacktivism, and rioting.

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (ETM-AS, KCM-AS, SSC-AS)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785, GOVT 3785

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18072 PHIL 2945   LEC 001

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    • MW Ives Hall 105
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Livingston, A

  • 18073 PHIL 2945   DIS 201

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    • M White Hall B04
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Livingston, A

  • 18075 PHIL 2945   DIS 202

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    • T White Hall B14
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Livingston, A

  • 18076 PHIL 2945   DIS 203

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    • T McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Livingston, A

  • 18077 PHIL 2945   DIS 204

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