TY - JOUR
AU - Krishnamurthy, Meena
AB - This paper makes an argument for the democratic value of distrust. It begins by analyzing distrust, since distrust is not merely the negation of trust. The account that it develops is based on Martin Luther King Jr.s work in Why We Cant Wait. Distrust is the confident belief that another individual, a group of individuals, or an institution will not act justly or as justice requires. This paper argues that distrusts democratic value lies in its ability to temper tyranny. The main example discussed is Kings involvement in the Birmingham Campaign during the Black Civil Rights movement in America.
TI - (White) Tyranny and the Democratic Value of Distrust
JO - The Monist
DO - 10.1093/monist/onv020
DA - 2015-10-16
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/white-tyranny-and-the-democratic-value-of-distrust-nRLqPBL8A4
SP - 391
EP - 406
VL - 98
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -