Artículo
Undemocratic Climate Protests
Fecha de publicación:
07/2021
Editorial:
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Revista:
Journal of Applied Philosophy
ISSN:
0264-3758
e-ISSN:
1468-5930
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
Climate change activists sometimes engage in protests that exert coercion on governments, businesses, and citizens, instead of protests that just attempt to persuade them. I argue that these coercive protests are sometimes undemocratic, despite recent attempts in the literature to describe them as democratic. Coercive climate protests do not always improve deliberative decision-making, and they are a means of exerting control over official decisions that is not available to all affected. I then claim that the fact that some of these protests are undemocratic is not a decisive objection against them. Climate change poses such an extremely serious threat to basic rights worldwide – risking hundreds of millions of lives – that people's right to democracy is outweighed when infringing it is a necessary means for achieving climate change mitigation.
Palabras clave:
Democracy
,
Coercion
,
Protests
,
Climate Change
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Citación
García Gibson, Francisco; Undemocratic Climate Protests; John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Journal of Applied Philosophy; 39; 1; 7-2021; 162-179
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