Ett rättfärdigt felande? Om civil olydnad inom den demokratiska staten
(2008)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Civil disobedience constitutes an interesting ethical phenomena in the democratic
state since the people performing it consciously brakes laws and norms in society
for purposes they themselves judge to be morally good and just. This thesis
examines whether the phenomena of civil disobedience is justifiable in a
democratic society.
In this study civil disobedience is analyzed on two levels. First the problem is
analyzed on a theoretical level in relative to the three, by us established, values:
respect for the law, the will of the majority and equality. Second, civil
disobedience is analyzed on a more practical level where we test our theoretical
line of argument with the help of two example groups who engages in civil
... (More) - Civil disobedience constitutes an interesting ethical phenomena in the democratic
state since the people performing it consciously brakes laws and norms in society
for purposes they themselves judge to be morally good and just. This thesis
examines whether the phenomena of civil disobedience is justifiable in a
democratic society.
In this study civil disobedience is analyzed on two levels. First the problem is
analyzed on a theoretical level in relative to the three, by us established, values:
respect for the law, the will of the majority and equality. Second, civil
disobedience is analyzed on a more practical level where we test our theoretical
line of argument with the help of two example groups who engages in civil
disobedience. The justification of civil disobedience is also analyzed through two
ethical perspectives on acting, deontology and consequentialism.
Our conclusion is that civil disobedience is justifiable on a theoretical level in
relative to the values we discuss. The justification on a more practical level seems
to offer more difficulties since the people who practice civil disobedience have to
be able to support their actions with solid arguments, something our example
groups occasionally failed to do. In our conclusion we also find that
consequentialism appears better suited to justify civil disobedience than
deontology. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Joakim and Haak Södervall, Emanuel
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2008
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- civil disobedience, democracy, democratic values, just action, political ethics, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1320738
- date added to LUP
- 2008-04-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2008-04-08 00:00:00
@misc{1320738,
abstract = {{Civil disobedience constitutes an interesting ethical phenomena in the democratic
state since the people performing it consciously brakes laws and norms in society
for purposes they themselves judge to be morally good and just. This thesis
examines whether the phenomena of civil disobedience is justifiable in a
democratic society.
In this study civil disobedience is analyzed on two levels. First the problem is
analyzed on a theoretical level in relative to the three, by us established, values:
respect for the law, the will of the majority and equality. Second, civil
disobedience is analyzed on a more practical level where we test our theoretical
line of argument with the help of two example groups who engages in civil
disobedience. The justification of civil disobedience is also analyzed through two
ethical perspectives on acting, deontology and consequentialism.
Our conclusion is that civil disobedience is justifiable on a theoretical level in
relative to the values we discuss. The justification on a more practical level seems
to offer more difficulties since the people who practice civil disobedience have to
be able to support their actions with solid arguments, something our example
groups occasionally failed to do. In our conclusion we also find that
consequentialism appears better suited to justify civil disobedience than
deontology.}},
author = {{Johansson, Joakim and Haak Södervall, Emanuel}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Ett rättfärdigt felande? Om civil olydnad inom den demokratiska staten}},
year = {{2008}},
}