‘Can Violence Against Private Power Ever Be Justified? Mangione, Thompson, and the Moral Limits of Civil Disobedience’ by Haoxi Li
For her dissertation, Haoxi Li develops a novel normative framework to analyse the killing of Brian Thompson (former CEO of UnitedHealthcare) against the intensified scrutiny of whether American healthcare prioritises profit over life. Drawing on the literature of civil disobedience, she examines why and how justifications for violent protests directed at the state should extend … Read more