Civil Disobedience and Justifiability of Violence

Ovaj rad propituje status nasilja unutar građanskog neposluha. Naime, pitanje je može li građanski neposluh biti nasilan, a istovremeno opravdan? Ako nadiđemo pojam nasilja kao isključivo fizičkog čina, onda teorija prema kojoj je građanski neposluh opravdan, a nasilje nije, postaje teško obranjiva. U radu zastupam stajalište prema kojem je prisila ponekad opravdana jer prima facie prava nisu apsolutna prava već stoje za prava koja mogu biti nadjačana snažnijom, moralnom obavezom. No to stajalište otvara potencijalno problematično područje morala i neminovno se postavlja pitanje: što s građanskim neposluhom grupa koje se pozivaju na vrijednosti poput slobode i jednakosti, no čiji se zahtjevi temelje na kršenju prava određenih skupina u društvu?This paper explores the status of violence within civil disobedience. Namely, is it possible to argue for the civil disobedience as violent but justified act at the same time? If we move beyond the concept of violence as an exclusively physical act, the theory according to which civil disobedience is justified, but violence is not, would be hard to defend. I argue for the usage of force as a justified means in the cases when prima facie rights are overpowered by a greater, moral commitment. But with this stand one finds oneself in a potentially slippery terrain; namely, how to approach the civil disobedience participants who call upon the values such as freedom and equality but whose demands are based on the violation of rights of a particular group within the society