Jason Brennan 
When All Else Fails [EPUB ebook] 
The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice

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Why you have the right to resist unjust government
The economist Albert O. Hirschman famously argued that citizens of democracies have only three possible responses to injustice or wrongdoing by their governments: we may leave, complain, or comply. But in When All Else Fails, Jason Brennan argues that there is a fourth option. When governments violate our rights, we may resist. We may even have a moral duty to do so.
For centuries, almost everyone has believed that we must allow the government and its representatives to act without interference, no matter how they behave. We may complain, protest, sue, or vote officials out, but we can’t fight back. But Brennan makes the case that we have no duty to allow the state or its agents to commit injustice. We have every right to react with acts of “uncivil disobedience.” We may resist arrest for violation of unjust laws. We may disobey orders, sabotage government property, or reveal classified information. We may deceive ignorant, irrational, or malicious voters. We may even use force in self-defense or to defend others.
The result is a provocative challenge to long-held beliefs about how citizens may respond when government officials behave unjustly or abuse their power.

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About the author

Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s Mc Donough School of Business. His many books include
Against Democracy and
The Ethics of Voting (both Princeton).

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9780691183886 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Publisher Princeton University Press ● City Princeton ● Country US ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6436396 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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