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Recent debates on victims' duties to resist their oppression.
- Source :
- Philosophy Compass; Jan2020, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p1-8, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This article reviews recent arguments in contemporary political philosophy on victims' duties to resist their oppression. It begins by presenting two approaches to these duties. First, that victims' duties are self‐regarding duties that victims owe to their self‐respect or to their well‐being, and second, that victims' duties are other‐regarding duties that arise from victims' duties of justice or of assistance. The second part elaborates on what resistance consists in. The article then considers and responds to two prominent objections to arguments for victims' duties: that they are too demanding, and that they are unfair and exploitative. It concludes by gesturing towards future areas of engagement, in particular, theorising the agents and mechanisms of oppression, and more explicitly engaging with methodological debates about non‐ideal theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DEBATE
POLITICAL philosophy
DUTY
VICTIMS
SELF-esteem
OPPRESSION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17479991
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Philosophy Compass
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 141779313
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12648