ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses some other Gandhian ideas to show yet another way in which law-breaking makes sense within a non-coercive model. In some cases, law-breaking can be justified as a part of a non-coercive non-cooperation movement. It shows that such non-cooperation may be non-coercive even when it results in the state being unable to implement its evil laws or policies. Gandhi thought that under certain conditions non-cooperation with an evil state is the duty of a citizen. And he believed that, at any rate when certain conditions are fulfilled, non-cooperation with an evil state commits one to civil disobedience. Civil disobedience and non-cooperation, when conducted according to Gandhian principles, do not constitute a threat or coercion in any evil sense. Rather they involve a refusal to cooperate with or assist an evil policy, and an offer to cooperate on honourable and just terms. The chapter examines the Marxist attitude to civil disobedience.
