Piero Moraro offers an illuminating and insightful survey of the philosophical literature on civil disobedience, illustrating how the conversation has evolved since the debates triggered by the social movements of the 1960s. The principal value of the book is that it showcases the multifaceted complexion of the emerging philosophical terrain, thus correcting the erroneous but still common perception that civil disobedience is a mere adjunct to interminable debates about the duty to obey. The book also offers original contributions to the field that draw on Moraro’s commitment to virtue ethics, though these contributions are perhaps not set out in as much depth and detail as they might have been.

皮耶罗·莫拉罗 (Piero Moraro) 对关于公民不服从的哲学文献进行了富有启发性和洞察力的调查，说明了自 1960 年代社会运动引发的辩论以来，对话是如何演变的。这本书的主要价值在于它展示了新兴哲学领域的多面性，从而纠正了错误但仍然普遍的看法，即公民不服从只是关于服从义务的无休止辩论的附属品。这本书还提供了该领域的原创贡献，这些贡献借鉴了莫拉罗对美德伦理的承诺，尽管这些贡献可能没有像它们本来的那样深入和详细。