WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice

The economist Albert O. Hirschman famously argued that citizens of democracies have only three possible responses to injustice or wrongdoing by their governments: we may leave, complain, or comply. Brennan argues that there is a fourth option. When the governments violate our rights, we may resist. We may even have a moral duty to do so.