Environmental Activism and the Fairness of Costs Argument for Uncivil Disobedience

Abstract Social movements often impose nontrivial costs on others against their wills. Civil disobedience is no exception. How can social in general, and civil particular, be justifiable despite this apparent wrong-making feature? We examine an intuitively plausible account—it fair that everyone should bear the burdens of tackling injustice. extend fairness-based argument for to defend some acts uncivil disobedience. Focusing environmental activism—such as ecotage (sabotage with aim protecting environment)—we argue morally superior counterparts, when because such target people who are responsible threats. Indeed, insofar more accurately people, they better satisfy demands fairness compared counterparts. In circumstances, our may require activists engage even available.