Conscience and conviction the case for civil disobedience oxford legal philosophy amazonde brownlee kimberley fremdsprachige bucher 2600 eur. The conscience argument is narrower and shows that genuinely morally responsive civil disobedience honours the best of our moral responsibilities and is protected by a duty based moral right of conscience part ii translates the conviction argument and conscience argument into two legal defences the first is a demands of conviction defence the second is a necessity defence both of these defences apply more readily to civil disobedience than to private disobedience part ii also examines . Conscience and conviction the case for civil disobedience oxford legal philosophy kimberley brownlee isbn 9780199592944 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. When is it justified to disobey the law how should the law respond to instances of conscientious disobedience this book presents the first full length philosophical examination of the morality and legality of civil disobedience and the legitimate responses to civil dissent open to the state. This book takes the reader on a journey through the pathways of moral conscience and conviction that lead people to act in ways that can sometimes result in civil disobedience the central message of this interesting and informative book is that the civil disobedience that derives from moral conscientious conviction should not be punishable in law the book is challenging in tone and content it takes the reader into sometimes uncomfortable territory where on the one hand we laud morally