Civil Disobedience

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Is civil disobedience ever justified?
- Hobbes
  - Almost always NO
    - What would LOCKE, RAWLS and MILL say about this??
      - Believes any government better than none.
        Hobbes
        Almost always NO
        What would LOCKE, RAWLS and MILL say about this??
        Believes any government better than none.
        
        'State of nature' just too awful
  - 'State of nature' just too awful
- RAWLS
YES, under certain circumstances
- Locke
  - Is civil disobedience ever justified?
    - RAWLS
  - Believes in 'natural law' and will of people
    - PROBLEM: Doesn't make clear as to whether we need either or both of the above
- If state violates these, disobedience justified
  - Believes in 'natural law' and will of people
    - PROBLEM: Doesn't make clear as to whether we need either or both of the above
If state violates these, disobedience justified
Rousseau
- NO
  - IF the state is totally democratic and represents general will
NO
- IF the state is totally democratic and represents general will
We are more than 'free' when we obey the 'general will'.
- PROBLEM: may lead to what Mill calls the 'tyranny of the majority'
PROBLEM: may lead to what Mill calls the 'tyranny of the majority'
YES, under certain circumstances
- If the state does not live up to the principles of justice
  - Are the principles too restrictive????
- Law-breaker also accept consequences of actions
Are the principles too restrictive????

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