Civil disobedience in focus philosophers in focus ebook bedau hugo adam bedau hugo adam amazonca kindle store. Up to 90 off textbooks at amazon canada plus free two day shipping for six months when you sign up for amazon prime for students. Civil disobedience in focus assembles all the basic materials both classic and contemporary needed for the philosophical assessment of this controversial subject the first part of this work explores the three most influential classic arguments plato in the crito thoreau in the 1840s and martin luther king jr in the 1960s. By presenting classic and current philosophical reflections on the issues this book presents all the basic materials needed for a philosophical assessment of the nature and justification of civil disobedience the pieces included range from classic essays by leading contemporary thinkers such as rawls raz and singer. In civil disobedience in focus pp 74 90 routledge kirkpatrick j author david sobel publisher oxford university press usa isbn 9780198841425 category philosophy page 224 view 552 download this is the fifth volume of oxford studies in political philosophy since its revival in the 1970s political philosophy has been a vibrant field in philosophy one that intersects with