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URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/discovering-history-justified-secessio
 n-when-is-leaving-the-right-thing-to-do/
SUMMARY:Discovering History: Justified Secession: When Is Leaving The Right
  Thing To Do?
DESCRIPTION:Secession is never easy\, and should never be undertaken lightl
 y\; previous secession movements have led to instability\, hardship\, and 
 sometimes violence. Nonetheless\, secession is bound up with the ideals of
  self-determination and the liberal commitment to rule by the consent of t
 he governed. It is the underlying moral legitimacy of arguments regarding 
 self-determination that often undergird secessionist movements since\, as 
 this book argues\, secession can be morally justified. The difficulty is d
 etermining when and how it is justified. My book offers an account that be
 gins with the metaphysical nature of social relations at the root of self-
 determination. This account reveals that while the ideal of self-determina
 tion grants secession a moral grounding\, those same ideals of self-determ
 ination require a process that is deliberate and accounts for cross-cuttin
 g obligations.\n\nMitchell Krumm is Associate Professor of Political Scien
 ce\, Public Law\, and Political Theory at Marietta College. He earned his 
 Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University in 2016 in the fields o
 f Political Theory and American Politics. He also earned a graduate minor 
 in Philosophy. His dissertation was titled “Legitimate Secession: Self-D
 etermination\, Liberalism\, and the Consent of the Governed." Since earnin
 g his Ph.D. he has been an Assistant Professor at Bethel University in St.
  Paul and at University of South Carolina Aiken. He has been employed at M
 arietta College since 2023 where he earned tenure and was promoted to Asso
 ciate Professor in 2024. His first book is titled “Justified Secession: 
 When Is Leaving The Right Thing To Do?” and he is currently working on p
 rojects related to the role of Montesquieu in the Federalist/Anti-Federali
 st debates\, Edmund Burke\, and Friedrich Schiller. He has taught 20 disti
 nct classes since his first class as instructor of record at IU in 2011. H
 is service includes a wide range of department and institution level commi
 ttees including chairing Faculty Development at Bethel\, chairing General 
 Education at USCA\, and serving on Faculty Council and Curriculum Committe
 e at Marietta College. He also has held other major roles including Pre-La
 w Advisor\, Moot Court Coach\, and Director of the Honors Program. For mor
 e on Dr. Krumm’s current professional activities please visit his LinkIn
  page: www.linkedin.com/in/mitchell-krumm-8b1b0574\n\nThis event is sponso
 red by the Washington County Library\, is FREE and open to the public\, an
 d will be livestreamed/recorded on our YouTube Channel @CampusMartiusMuseu
 m
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CATEGORIES:Events,Historical
LOCATION:Campus Martius Museum\, 601 Second Street\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 4575
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