PHIL 2945

PHIL 2945

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

This course examines controversies in the theory and history of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? Can law breaking ever be civil rather than criminal? Do disruptive protests endanger democracy or strengthen the rule of law? How do acts of protest influence public opinion and policy? How is the distinction between violence and nonviolence politically constructed and contested? We will study classical writings and contemporary scholarship in pursuit of answers to these questions and related debates concerning the rule of law, conscientious objection, the uses of civility and incivility, punishment and responsibility, as well as whistleblowing, direct action, strikes, sabotage, hacktivism, and rioting.

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785GOVT 3785

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18610 PHIL 2945   LEC 001

    • MW Sibley Hall 235
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 18612 PHIL 2945   DIS 201

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18613 PHIL 2945   DIS 202

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18614 PHIL 2945   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18615 PHIL 2945   DIS 204

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785GOVT 3785

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21315 PHIL 2945   LEC 002

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18612 PHIL 2945   DIS 201

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18613 PHIL 2945   DIS 202

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18614 PHIL 2945   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18615 PHIL 2945   DIS 204

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online