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PullbackCivil Disobedience with Dr. Kimberley Brownlee As climate impacts intensify and governments continue to delay action, more people are turning to protest, disruption, and civil disobedience to demand change. But when laws uphold injustice, is breaking them not only justified — but necessary? Today’s guest is Dr. Kimberley Brownlee, Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political and Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. She is also the author of several books, including Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience. Kimberley explains what civil disobedience is and presents her argument for why it is a moral right and, sometimes, a duty. We also disc...2025-06-1051 min

This is VANCOLOURIs Vancouver doomed to be an unfriendly, lonely city? (Kimberley Brownlee)Is Vancouver a lonely, unfriendly city? Is it doomed to be? This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir asks loneliness and belonging expert Kimberley Brownlee for her insights and advice on making social connections in a city that feels unfriendly.Recorded: January 20, 2025 2025-01-2407 min

Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsBeing Social: The Philosophy of Social Human Rights by Adam Neal, Kimberley Brownlee, David JenkinsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679833to listen full audiobooks. Title: Being Social: The Philosophy of Social Human Rights Author: Adam Neal, Kimberley Brownlee, David Jenkins Narrator: Danielle Cohen, Alex Wyndham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Human rights capture what people need to live minimally decent lives. Recognized dimensions of this minimum include physical security, due process, political participation, and freedom of movement, speech, and belief, as well as—more controversially for some—subsistence, shelter, health, education, culture, and community. Far less attention has been paid to the interpersonal, soci...2023-07-112h 08

Full Trial Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsBeing Social: The Philosophy of Social Human Rights by Adam Neal, Kimberley Brownlee, David JenkinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Being Social: The Philosophy of Social Human Rights Author: Adam Neal, Kimberley Brownlee, David Jenkins Narrator: Danielle Cohen, Alex Wyndham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Human rights capture what people need to live minimally decent lives. Recognized dimensions of this minimum include physical security, due process, political participation, and freedom of movement, speech, and belief, as well as—more controversially for some—subsistence, shelter, health, education, culture, and community. Far less attention has been paid to the inte...2023-07-1130 min

At Your BestHow loneliness equates to smoking 15 cigarettes a day?How does loneliness equate to smoking 15 cigarettes a day?Guest: Kimberley Brownlee - Canada Research Chair and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British ColumbiaMichael J. Fox opens up about Parkinson’s progression: ‘I won’t be 80’Why would Michael J Fox speak so openly about not living to 80 after all these years?Guest: Dr. Daniel Di Luca - Movement Disorders Fellow at University of Toronto 2023-05-071h 06

Raising WildlingsThe First Years with Leah TibbitsSend us a textWe love a child advocate here at Wildlings and on today's episode, I’m chatting with early years childhood advocate Leah from Leah and the first years.👉 Leah SharesAbout Leah and The First YearsAbout the brain and brain development in the early yearsWhy the relationship between teachers and the children and their family is so crucial to building a sense of belongingHow exploration is the key is learning and empowerment That independent play is often the goal and what our expectations should be around thisAbout schemas and how und...2022-03-2133 min

Radical PhilosophySocial Rights and Freedoms - Professor Kimberley BrownleeSocial Rights and Freedoms - Professor Kimberley Brownlee discusses social deprivation, what it means to belong and moral messiness.2021-07-1700 min

New Books in Human RightsKimberley Brownlee, "Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms" (Oxford UP, 2020)Kimberley Brownlee, a professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia, has written a monograph addressing her argument in favor a right against social deprivation. In Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms (Oxford UP, 2020), Professor Brownlee contends that all humans have basic needs for human interaction. Since such needs are fundamental for survival, they should be regarded as a human right. Social interaction is not a right to “love” or “friendship”, but rather a right to basic opportunities to interact with other humans. Although Professor Brownlee’s argument is most easily applica...2020-12-1141 min

The American InterestThe Right Not To Be LonelyRelevant Reading:Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms Kimberley Brownlee, Oxford University Press, 2020, $50 What are the ethical implications of the pandemic of loneliness that has been sweeping the modern world well before the COVID pandemic made us all grapple with social isolation? Do we have a human right […]2020-09-2500 min

Forum for PhilosophyFrom the vault: What Are Prisons For?Christopher Bennett, Kimberley Brownlee, and Andrew Neilson discuss the arguments against the use of imprisonment as a dominant form of punishment. Why do they so often fall on deaf ears?2020-05-2600 min

Audio – Forum for PhilosophyFrom the vault: What Are Prisons For?Christopher Bennett, Kimberley Brownlee, and Andrew Neilson discuss the arguments against the use of imprisonment as a dominant form of punishment. Why do they so often fall on deaf ears?2020-05-2600 min

Hi-Phi NationUncivil DisobedienceIn Australia, vegan and animal liberation activism has recently become intense and disruptive, invading farms, restaurants, and city centers. They’re doing everything from rescuing animals to blocking traffic, and occupying steakhouses. Some argue that these new activists are needlessly victimizing innocent farmers, business owners, and consumers. Others argue that the activists are only doing what’s necessary to stand up for the innocent victims of farmers, business owners, and consumers. For any cause, when change does not seem to happen, or happen quickly enough, movements can turn to more confrontational styles of protests, or “uncivil disobedience.” Is this...2019-05-2549 min

Hi-Phi Nation PlusUncivil DisobedienceIn Australia, vegan and animal liberation activism has recently become intense and disruptive, invading farms, restaurants, and city centers. They’re doing everything from rescuing animals to blocking traffic, and occupying steakhouses. Some argue that these new activists are needlessly victimizing innocent farmers, business owners, and consumers. Others argue that the activists are only doing what’s necessary to stand up for the innocent victims of farmers, business owners, and consumers. For any cause, when change does not seem to happen, or happen quickly enough, movements can turn to more confrontational styles of protests, or “uncivil disobedience.” Is this m...2019-05-2546 min

Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | VideoWhat Are Prisons For?Contributor(s): Dr Christopher Bennett, Professor Kimberley Brownlee, Andrew Neilson | In this time of austerity, many of those who want a small state are also committed to a highly expensive criminal justice apparatus that has little demonstrable deterrent effect. But are there other, more direct arguments against the use of imprisonment as a dominant form of punishment? If so, what are they? Why do they so often fall on deaf ears? And does the current economic climate make it more likely that those in power will listen? Christopher Bennett is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. Kimberley...2016-03-151h 22

Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfWhat Are Prisons For?Contributor(s): Dr Christopher Bennett, Professor Kimberley Brownlee, Andrew Neilson | In this time of austerity, many of those who want a small state are also committed to a highly expensive criminal justice apparatus that has little demonstrable deterrent effect. But are there other, more direct arguments against the use of imprisonment as a dominant form of punishment? If so, what are they? Why do they so often fall on deaf ears? And does the current economic climate make it more likely that those in power will listen? Christopher Bennett is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. Kimberley...2016-03-151h 22

Philosophy Talk Starters183: Civil DisobedienceMore at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/civil-disobedience. Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King all engaged in civil disobedience, and are widely admired for doing so. But how can democratic society function if each person's conscience has to be satisfied for a law to be obeyed? When is civil disobedience justified? When is it required? How does the concept fit with the great ethical and political philosophies? John and Ken discuss the ethics of protest and punishment with Kimberley Brownlee from the University of Manchester.2015-10-2810 min

Philosophy BitesKimberley Brownlee on Social DeprivationWe are a highly social species: we need human contact. But do we have a right to it? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Kimberley Brownlee suggests that this is an ingredient in a minimally decent human life...2015-08-1917 min

Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfOn Civil DisobedienceContributor(s): Dr Kimberley Brownlee | When is it permissible to resort to civil disobedience? Do we sometimes have a moral duty to do so? Should we be punished for it? Kimberley Brownlee is Associate Professor of Legal and Moral Philosophy at the University of Warwick.2015-03-051h 25

Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoOn Civil DisobedienceContributor(s): Dr Kimberley Brownlee | When is it permissible to resort to civil disobedience? Do we sometimes have a moral duty to do so? Should we be punished for it? Kimberley Brownlee is Associate Professor of Legal and Moral Philosophy at the University of Warwick.2015-03-051h 25

New Books in PhilosophyKimberley Brownlee, “Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience” (Oxford UP, 2012)When confronted with a law that they find morally unconscionable, citizens sometimes engage in civil disobedience – they publicly break the law with a view to communicating their judgment that it is unjust. Citizens in similar situations sometimes take a different stance – they engage in conscientious objection, they quietly disobey, seeking only to keep their own conscience clear. A common view of these matters has it that the conscientious objector is deserving of special respect, and even accommodation, whereas the civil disobedient engages in a politically risky and morally questionable practice. In her new book, Conscience and Conviction: The...2013-05-281h 06