Tamara Fakhoury
Biographic Data
| ID | 6533583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tamara Fakhoury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tamara |
| FAMILY NAME | Fakhoury |
| SIGNATURE | FAKHOURY T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2667-6661 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Audacious Integrity: On the Value of Imperfect Resistance
Sometimes oppressed people resist their oppression through actions that are themselves morally fraught, such as theft, deception, or violence. This article considers what might be said in favor of such actions, which I call imperfect resistance, from the point of view of ethics. Against the expectation that oppressed people must remain “perfect victims” for their resistance to be admirable, I argue that oppression often constrains agency in ways …
Violent Resistance to Sexual Violence
Some victims of sexual violence fight back, seriously harming their abusers as a way of taking power or exacting retribution. Although violence always raises moral questions, there is nevertheless something impressive about those whose actions succeed in posing a formidable challenge to their oppression. The aim of this paper is to offer two ways of thinking about the ethical value of such non-ideal acts of resistance. First, violent resistance m…
Non-Normative Behavior and the Virtue of Rebelliousness
Wadi Climbing: Quiet Resistance in the West Bank
Palestinian rock climbers in the West Bank ascend towering limestone cliffs despite being forcibly dispossessed and targeted by Israeli military and violent settlers. This paper examines their actions from the perspective of Quiet Resistance—a form of resistance where one is motivated by personal reasons to pursue activities that are obstructed by oppression. I explain what Quiet Resistance is, how it differs from political protest, and what make…
Oppositional Anger: Aptness Without Appreciation
What makes anger an appropriate response to systemic injustice? Let us assume that it cannot merely be its positive effects. That is, sometimes we should be angry even when getting angry is bound to make things worse. What makes such anger appropriate? According to Amia Srinivasan (2017), counterproductive anger is only apt if it passes a necessary condition that I call the Matching Constraint: one’s personal reason for getting angry must match t…
Quiet Resistance: The Value of Personal Defiance
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Oppositional Anger: Aptness Without Appreciation
What makes anger an appropriate response to systemic injustice? Let us assume that it cannot merely be its positive effects. That is, sometimes we should be angry even when getting angry is bound to make things worse. What makes such anger appropriate? According to Amia Srinivasan (2017), counterproductive anger is only apt if it passes a necessary condition that I call the Matching Constraint: one’s personal reason for getting angry must match t…
Quiet Resistance: The Value of Personal Defiance
Non-Normative Behavior and the Virtue of Rebelliousness
Wadi Climbing: Quiet Resistance in the West Bank
Palestinian rock climbers in the West Bank ascend towering limestone cliffs despite being forcibly dispossessed and targeted by Israeli military and violent settlers. This paper examines their actions from the perspective of Quiet Resistance—a form of resistance where one is motivated by personal reasons to pursue activities that are obstructed by oppression. I explain what Quiet Resistance is, how it differs from political protest, and what make…
Violent Resistance to Sexual Violence
Some victims of sexual violence fight back, seriously harming their abusers as a way of taking power or exacting retribution. Although violence always raises moral questions, there is nevertheless something impressive about those whose actions succeed in posing a formidable challenge to their oppression. The aim of this paper is to offer two ways of thinking about the ethical value of such non-ideal acts of resistance. First, violent resistance m…
Audacious Integrity: On the Value of Imperfect Resistance
Sometimes oppressed people resist their oppression through actions that are themselves morally fraught, such as theft, deception, or violence. This article considers what might be said in favor of such actions, which I call imperfect resistance, from the point of view of ethics. Against the expectation that oppressed people must remain “perfect victims” for their resistance to be admirable, I argue that oppression often constrains agency in ways …
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Oppression (3 works) · Virtue (3 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)