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The paper surveys various ways of theorising victims’ moral duties to resist their own oppression, and considers objections to prior academic work arguing for the existence of an imperfect Kantian duty of resistance to oppression grounded in self-respect. These objections suggest (1) that such a duty is victim blaming; (2) that it distorts ...
Apr 20, 2023 · So, again, while the obligation to respect one’s rational nature in the face of oppressive harms could theoretically be satisfied solely by resisting oppression internally rather than externally, there are epistemic, moral, and practical reasons to think that in all but the most extreme cases some degree of external resistance to oppression will remain necessary.
May 1, 2006 · Abstract. This chapter discusses strategies to resist oppression. It argues that resistance to oppression is possible and morally required, and demonstrates that for virtually all different forms of oppression there exist potentially successful means of resistance. All resistance begins with the recognition that there are serious injustices ...
Mar 1, 2011 · The Obligation to Resist Oppression. Carol Hay, Carol Hay. University of Massachusetts Lowell. Search for more papers by this author. Carol Hay, Carol Hay.
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Dec 14, 2020 · Abstract. This paper reconsiders the contemporary moral reading of women’s oppression, and revises our understanding of the practical reasons for action a victim of mistreatment acquires through her unjust circumstances. The paper surveys various ways of theorising victims’ moral duties to resist their own oppression, and considers ...
About this book. In this book Hay argues that the moral and political frameworks of Kantianism and liberalism are indispensable for addressing the concerns of contemporary feminism. After defending the use of these frameworks for feminist purposes, Hay uses them to argue that people who are oppressed have an obligation to themselves to resist ...
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studies at the University of Connecticut. His research focus is resistance, and more generally objective well-being and self-regarding obligations in oppressive circumstances. He is also interested in topics such as complicity, passing, oppressive body image norms, and the moral emotions of anger and shame. daniel.silvermint@uconn.edu
