Political obligation [ a critical introduction

Political obligation is concerned with the clash between the individual's claim to self-governance and the right of the state to claim obedience. It is a central and ancient problem in political philosophy. The author frames the problem of obligation in terms of the duties citizens have to the...

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Main Author: Knowles, Dudley (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge , 2010
Series:Routledge contemporary political philosophy
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Online Access:NetLibrary

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505 0 |a 1. Political obligations and citizens' duties -- 2. State and its legitimacy -- 3. Political authority -- 4. Questions of justification -- 5. Scope and limits of justificatory arguments -- 6. Anarchist challenge -- 7. Consent and contract -- 8. Hypothetical contract -- 9. Provision of benefits : arguments from fairness and gratitude -- 10. Utility, justice and Samaritan duties -- 11. Communities and citizenship -- 12. Conclusion 
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