The Ethics of Uncivil Protest and Resistance

Candice Delmas is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Northeastern University. She works at the intersection of social and political philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of law and is author of numerous publications, including A Duty to Resist: When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil (OUP, 2018). Avia Pasternak is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. She has held previous academic positions at The University of Toronto, University College London and The University of Essex. She works on the ethics of protest and on collective and civic responsibility and is the author of numerous academic publications, including No Justice, No Peace (OUP, 2025).

• Candice Delmas andAvia Pasternak: The Ethics of Uncivil Protest and Resistance: Introduction: From Civil to Uncivil Disobedience 1: Temi Ogunye: What Does It Mean To Be "Civil" or "Uncivil"? Mapping Conscientious, Communicative Rule-Breaking 2: Cristina Lafont: Uncivil Activism and Democratic Legitimacy 3: José Medina: Breaking Silences: Public Kissing and Other Things To Do When Protest Must Be Uncivil 4: Yann Allard-Tremblay: Equivocal Resistance: Challenging the Colonial Apprehension of Indigenous Political Resistance 5: E.niggolá Soyemi: Uncivil (Nonviolent) Protest, Communal Participation, and Non-Participation in Steve Biko's Ethics of Just Struggle 6: Daniel Viehoff: Justly Preventing Official Injustice 7: Jeffrey Howard: The Ethics of Prison Breaks 8: Chong-Ming Lim: Political Resistance and Property Damage 9: Avia Pasternak: "It's Good to Do Something with Your Rage": Violent Protests and Epistemic Injustice

The essays are well written and of a length suitable for the classroom. ... Recommended.