Political obligation

Summary: "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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780367369354
ISBN: 9780367369347
ISBN: 9781000705867
ISBN: 1000706842
ISBN: 9781000706840
ISBN: 1000706354
ISBN: 9781000706352
ISBN: 1000705862
ISBN: 0429351984
ISBN: 9780429351983
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"First published in Great Britain in 1973."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Biographical or Historical Data:	Richard E. Flathman
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed January 9, 2020).