Overview

This text reviews and criticizes the current justifications of political obligation - the relationship between the individual and the political community - in terms of contract, consent, utility, fair play, common good and suchlike, in addition to assessing the anarchist denial of political obligation. The book also sets out an alternative approach to the problem which challenges many of the standard ideas about political obligation.

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Author:   John Horton ,  Peter Jones ,  Albert Weale
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.70cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9780333367858

ISBN 10:   0333367855
Pages:   201
Publication Date:   15 September 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1: INTRODUCTION Political Obligation as a Problem One Problem or Many? Political Philosophy Justifying Political Obligation 2: VOLUNTARIST THEORIES Voluntarism and Political Obligation Consent Political Obligation and Consent The Limits of Voluntarism 3: TELEOLOGICAL THEORIES The Structure and Forms of Utilitarianism Utilitarianism and Political Obligation Hare's Utilitarian Account of Political Obligation Political Obligation and the Common Good 4: DEONTOLOGICAL THEORIES Hypothetical Consent Fair-Play and Political Obligation Natural Duty, Political Obligation and Gratitude Rawls' Duty to Uphold Just Institutions 5: ANARCHISM: POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL Anarchism and Political Obligation Individualist Anarchism Communal Anarchism Philsophical Anarchism Philosophical Anarchism and the Polity 6: POLITICAL OBLIGATION RECONSIDERED The Conceptual Argument Political Obligation and the Family Identity and Political Obligation Membership and Political Obligation Law, Government and Political Obligation Epitaph for Political Obligation? 7: CONCLUSION Guide to Further Reading Bibliography Index

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JOHN HORTON is Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Morrell Studies in Toleration, University of York.

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