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The Power of Courage: Effecting Political Change in Singapore through Nonviolence
Singapore Democratic Party. Asian politics
135 pages
First published January 1, 2005
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Chee Soon Juan
12 books9 followersDr Chee Soon Juan is the Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party.
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April 14, 2011
This was a concise, intelligently-written and eloquent (at times) book that puts forth concepts and arguments which I, in principle, would agree with.
Explored within this book was the difference between the legality and morality of a law. As aptly stated in the book, "what is legal is not always right, and what is illegal is not always wrong".
Another insight provided within this book was that the power of a regime cannot be separated from the consent and/or acquiescence given to it by the people.
And while, like in other books by the same author, criticism against the PAP government was present in this book, the tone of the criticism contained in this book was, in my opinion, much less strident.
However, despite my intellectual understanding of the argument behind it, I remain uneasy about the idea that people should not obey unjust laws. This, in my opinion, may undermine the rule of law as people can easily choose to not obey a law because, in their subjective perception, that law is "unjust".
Explored within this book was the difference between the legality and morality of a law. As aptly stated in the book, "what is legal is not always right, and what is illegal is not always wrong".
Another insight provided within this book was that the power of a regime cannot be separated from the consent and/or acquiescence given to it by the people.
And while, like in other books by the same author, criticism against the PAP government was present in this book, the tone of the criticism contained in this book was, in my opinion, much less strident.
However, despite my intellectual understanding of the argument behind it, I remain uneasy about the idea that people should not obey unjust laws. This, in my opinion, may undermine the rule of law as people can easily choose to not obey a law because, in their subjective perception, that law is "unjust".
August 1, 2007
Interesting, dry at times
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