Political Obligation In Its Historical Context

Author : John Dunn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521891592
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Obligation in Its Historical Context written by John Dunn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr Dunn addresses the central questions of political philosophy from an unusually broad variety of perspectives.

Author : Steven L. B. Jensen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316519236
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Rights and the Politics of Obligation in History written by Steven L. B. Jensen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering study in the history of social rights, filling a significant gap in human rights scholarship and practice.

Author : Margaret Gilbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199274959
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Theory of Political Obligation written by Margaret Gilbert and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2006-05-11 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Gilbert offers an incisive new approach to a classic problem of political philosophy: when and why should I do what the laws of my country tell me to do? Beginning with carefully argued accounts of social groups in general and political societies in particular, the author argues that in central, standard senses of the relevant terms membership in a political society in and of itself obligates one to support that society's political institutions. The obligations in questionare not moral requirements derived from general moral principles, as is often supposed, but a matter of one's participation in a special kind of commitment: joint commitment. An agreement is sufficient but not necessary to generate such a commitment. Gilbert uses the phrase 'plural subject' to referto all of those who are jointly committed in some way. She therefore labels the theory offered in this book the plural subject theory of political obligation.The author concentrates on the exposition of this theory, carefully explaining how and in what sense joint commitments obligate. She also explores a classic theory of political obligation --- actual contract theory --- according to which one is obligated to conform to the laws of one's country because one agreed to do so. She offers a new interpretation of this theory in light of a theory of plural subject theory of agreements. She argues that actual contract theory has more merit than has beenthought, though the more general plural subject theory is to be preferred. She compares and contrasts plural subject theory with identification theory, relationship theory, and the theory of fair play. She brings it to bear on some classic situations of crisis, and, in the concluding chapter,suggests a number of avenues for related empirical and moral inquiry.Clearly and compellingly written, A Theory of Political Obligation will be essential reading for political philosophers and theorists.

Author : A. John Simmons
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691213240
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moral Principles and Political Obligations written by A. John Simmons and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlining the major competing theories in the history of political and moral philosophy--from Locke and Hume through Hart, Rawls, and Nozick--John Simmons attempts to understand and solve the ancient problem of political obligation. Under what conditions and for what reasons (if any), he asks, are we morally bound to obey the law and support the political institutions of our countries?

Author : George Klosko
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191531308
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Obligations written by George Klosko and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-03-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Obligations provides a full defense of a theory of political obligation based on the principle of fairness (or fair play), which is widely viewed as the strongest theory of obligation currently available. The work responds to the most important objections to the principle of fairness, and extends a theory based on fairness into a developed 'multiple principle' theory of obligation. In order to establish the need for such a theory, Political Obligations criticizes alternative theories of obligation based on a natural duty of justice and 'reformist' consent, and critically examines the non-state theories of libertarian and philosophical anarchists. The work breaks new ground by providing the first in-depth study of popular attitudes towards political obligations and how the state itself views them. The attitudes of ordinary citizens are explored through small focus groups, while the 'self image of the state' in regard to the obligations of its citizens is studied through examination of judicial decisions in three different democratic countries.

Author : George Klosko
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461645328
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Principle of Fairness and Political Obligation written by George Klosko and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2004-01-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Principle of Fairness and Political Obligation, George Klosko presents the first book-length treatment of political obligation grounded in the premises of liberal political theory. In this now-classic work, he clearly and systematically formulates what others thought impossible-a principle of fairness that specifies a set of conditions which grounds existing political obligations and bridges the gap between the abstract accounts of political principles and the actual beliefs of political actors. Brought up-to-date with a new introduction, this new edition will be of great interest to all interested in political thought.

Author : Justin Chandler Mueller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317426401
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Temporality of Political Obligation written by Justin Chandler Mueller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Temporality of Political Obligation offers a critique and reconceptualization of the ways in which our political obligations – what we owe to political authorities and communities, and the reasons why we ought to obey their rules – have been traditionally conceptualized, justified, and contested. Drawing from theories of time and temporality, Justin Mueller demonstrates some of the unacknowledged assumptions and theoretical blind spots shared among these ostensibly opposed positions, and the problems and contradictions that this neglect of time poses. Enriching the literature on the philosophers Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze, Mueller demonstrates how their theoretical frameworks on time can be used to analyze a political problem that is usually confined to the concerns of normative liberal democratic theory. Politically, this book provides readers with the means to better identify and analyze the diverse temporalities they encounter in everyday life, and better understand their experiences of them. A welcomed and timely read which will be of interest to scholars involved in recent efforts to engage with the social and political dimensions and consequences of time and temporality.

Author : Carole Pateman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520056503
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Problem of Political Obligation written by Carole Pateman and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 00 Pateman examines the notion of political obligation in relation to the liberal democratic state and presents a vision of participatory democracy as a means to effect a more satisfactory relationship between the citizen and the state. She offers a general assessment of liberal theory and an interpretation of all familiar arguments about political obligation and democratic consent. Pateman examines the notion of political obligation in relation to the liberal democratic state and presents a vision of participatory democracy as a means to effect a more satisfactory relationship between the citizen and the state. She offers a general assessment of liberal theory and an interpretation of all familiar arguments about political obligation and democratic consent.

Author : Andres Rosler
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199251509
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Authority and Obligation in Aristotle written by Andres Rosler and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: to follow

Author : Judith N. Shklar
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300214995
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Political Obligation written by Judith N. Shklar and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling set of lectures on political obligation that contributes to ongoing debates in political theory and intellectual history This stimulating collection of lectures by the late Judith Shklar on political obligation is paired with a scholarly introduction that offers an overview of her life, illuminates the connections among her teaching, research, and publications, and explains why her lectures still resonate with us and contribute to current debates in political theory and intellectual history.