A generaldiscussion of the moral issues of which kinds of protest arelegitimate,then applied to the case of protesting by blocking highways.This discussion makes sense, in its narrow framework. However,treating the Just Stop Oil protests in isolation, ignoring thedeadly threat they confront, leads to wrong conclusions.Global heating and the resulting climate breakdown are alreadycausing millions of deaths. This year, 200 million deaths are predicted. The UK government has pledged to help stop globalheating but is not taking much action. Can you seriously argue thatblocking highways in desperation to pressure the state to carry outits mission is morally wrong?Blocking highways seems to be a self-defeating method, but that is adifferent kind of issue.