Anthony W P Flynn, Sergio Domínguez, Ree Ae S Jordan, Rachel L Dyer, Ezra I Young
Activists use civil disobedience as a means of putting social justice into practice. Psychologists can engage in civil disobedience to enact psychology's ethical principles, support marginalized communities, promote social welfare, and contest injustice. Drawing from the work of minoritized scholars within and outside of psychology, the American Psychological Association (APA) Ethics Code, social constructionism, intersectionality, and social justice movements, our article aims to empower psychologists to understand and use civil disobedience and advocates for expanding civil disobedience in the profession...
November 2021: American Psychologist