The epistemic dimensions of civil disobedience

Bryan, Alexander 2024. The epistemic dimensions of civil disobedience. Journal of Political Philosophy 32 (1-4) , pp. 77-97. 10.1111/jopp.12310

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Abstract

The civil disobedience launched by agents arguing that the Covid-19 pandemic is either a hoax or some deliberate ploy raises an important question: is the justification of civil disobedience conditional on dissenters satisfying some epistemic conditions? In this paper I illuminate the neglected epistemic constraints in liberal accounts which commit to a formal agnosticism on the content of civil disobedience, show how these accounts develop implausible outputs by incorporating these constraints in the concept of conviction, and argue for an epistemic obligation on dissenters which feeds into a determination of the justification of civil disobedience.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0963-8016
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 August 2023
Date of Acceptance:	30 June 2023
Last Modified:	09 Dec 2025 12:50
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/161572

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