Political Obligation

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. The author frames the problem of obligation in terms of the duties citizens have to the state and each other.

Autorentext

Dudley Knowles is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Political Philosophy and Hegel's Philosophy of Right, also published by Routledge, as well as many articles.

Klappentext

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Inhalt
Preface, PART I The authority of the state and the duties of citizens: the conceptual apparatus, PART II The arguments: ancient and modern, for and against, Notes, Bibliography, Index