Richard E. Flathman

Political Obligation (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

"Under what conditions are obedience and disobedience required or justified? To what or whom is obedience or disobedience owed? What are the differences between authority and power and between legitimate and illegitimate government? What is the relationship between having an obligation and having freedom to act? What are the similarities and differences among political, legal, and moral obligations?..."

Originally published in 1972, Professor Flathman discusses these crucial issues in political theory in a lucid and stimulating argument. Though mainly concerned to develop his own modified utilitarian standing point he also reviews both the classical and modern literature from Plato and Hobbes to Hare and Rawls. The treatment is philosophical but it is frequently related to practical issues of civil obedience and disobedience and in particular focuses on the relation between law, obligation and social change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000705867
• Artikelnr.: 58273368

Autorenporträt

Richard E. Flathman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. The Study of Language and the Study of Politics 2. Obligation and Ideals 3. Obligation and Rules 4. The Social Bases of Obligation Rules 5. Obligation
Stability
and Change: Praise
Blame
and Disinclination 6. Obligation
Political Freedom
and Coercion 7. Obligation
Consent
and Utility 8. The Utility of Obligation. Bibliography. Index.