Political obligation is concerned with the clash between the
individual's claim to self-governance and the right of the state to
claim obedience. It is a central and ancient problem in political
philosophy.
In this authoritative introduction, Dudley Knowles frames the
problem of obligation in terms of the duties citizens have to the
state and each other. Drawing on a wide range of key works in
political philosophy, from Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume
and G. W. F. Hegel to John Rawls, A. John Simmons, Joseph Raz and
Ronald Dworkin, Political Obligation: A Critical Introduction is an
ideal starting point for those coming to the topic for the first
time, as well as being an original and distinctive contribution to
the literature.
Knowles distinguishes the philosophical problem of obligation -
which types of argument may successfully ground the legitimacy of
the state and the duties of citizens - from the political problem
of obligation - whether successful arguments apply to the actual
citizens of particular states.
Against the anarchist and modern skeptics, Knowles claims that a
plurality of arguments promise success when carefully formulated
and defended, and discusses in turn ancient and modern theories of
social contract and consent, fairness and gratitude,
utilitarianism, justice and a Samaritan duty of care for others.
Against modern communitarians, he defends a distinctive liberalism:
?the state proposes, the citizen disposes?.
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