The Obligation to Resist Oppression

Journal of Social Philosophy 42 (1):21-45 (2011)
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In this paper I argue that, in addition to having an obligation to resist the oppression of others, people have an obligation to themselves to resist their own oppression. This obligation to oneself, I argue, is grounded in a Kantian duty of self-respect.

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Carol Hay
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Why standpoint matters.Alison Wylie - 2003 - In Robert Figueroa & Sandra G. Harding, Science and other cultures: issues in philosophies of science and technology. New York: Routledge. pp. 26--48.
Oppression.Marilyn Frye - 2000 - In Lorraine Code, Encyclopedia of feminist theories. New York: Routledge. pp. 370.
How to Lose Your Self-Respect.Robin S. Dillon - 1992 - American Philosophical Quarterly 29 (2):125 - 139.

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