Civil Disobedience in John Rawls

background

the American civil rights movement

text main points

Thesis

in a democratically established regime, civil disobedience is justified to appeal to reconsideration of the conditions protest and to grasp attention to the fact that the agreement for social cooperation is not being honored

there is an obligation to support the just law we benefited from

Conception of Justice

unjust social arrengement

social arrengenments are just or unjus quote - page 177

premises

the veil of ignorance

just constitution

two fundamental liberties

regulation and cooperation

is needed

is possible

political and private rights

open access to office positions

that is a natural duty not to oppose just law