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Political obligation : a critical introduction / Dudley Knowles.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge contemporary political philosophyPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.Description: xii, 219 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415416009 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780415416016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0415416000 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0415416019 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780203872499 (ebook)
  • 0203872495 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01/1 22
LOC classification:
  • JC329.5 .K66 2010
Contents:
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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306.362 Combating human trafficking : 320/.01/1 Global justice / 320/.6 Public policy : 320.01/1 Political obligation : 320.473 Promise and performance of American democracy. 320.473/04 Delegating powers : 320.5/1 Enlightenment's wake :

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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