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Civil disobediance - Coggle Diagram
Civil disobediance
Limits for Legitimacy
Fidelity to Law
Respecting the System
Accepting the Legal Penalty
Non-Violence
Moral Persuasion
No physical harm to people
Public & Communicative
Transparency
Open defiance
Last Resort
Exhausting Options
Only after Voting/Lobbying fails
Human Rights
Criticisms
"Rule of Law" Argument
Promotes Social Anarchy
Weakens Democratic Institutions
"Slippery Slope"
Who decides which laws are "unjust"?
Subjective morality vs. Objective law
Majoritarian View
"Undemocratic"
Imposing minority will on the majority
Ineffectiveness
Malcolm X’s Critique: "Non-violence is defenselessness"
Can lead to "Performative" change without systemic shift
Why civil disobediance ?
Moral Duty
Human rights vs. State law
"Unjust laws are no laws at all"
Martin Luther King (Birmingham Jail)
Justice > Legality
Economic Pressure
Withdrawing Cooperation
Paralyzing the "Gears of State"
Boycotts / Tax refusal
Gandhi (Salt March)
Ending colonial monopolies
Strikes
Radical Visibility
Reclaiming Dignity
Forcing a public crisis
Symbolic refusal / Sitting in
Rosa Parks (Bus Boycott)
Breaking the "Silence of Oppression"
Risks
Legal Consequences
Arrest & Criminal Record
Long-term Imprisonment
Physical Safety
Police Brutality
Counter-Protestor Violence
Economic Loss
Job Termination
Heavy Government Fines
What is it ?
In general it's a peaceful protest
the population refuse to comply with the government
