Rethinking political obligation: moral principles, communal ties, citizenship

What are the grounds for and limits to obedience to the state? Dorota Mokrosinska presents a fresh analysis of the most influential theories of political obligation and develops a novel approach to this foundational problem of political philosophy, an intriguing combination of the elements of natural duty and associative theories. The theory of political obligation developed in the bookextends the scope of the contemporary debate on political obligation by arguing that political obligation can be binding even under the jurisdiction of unjust states. The arguments pursued in the book are illustrated with the resultsof sociological research concerning the reasons that governed people's attitudes to the authoritarian communist regimes in East Europe viz. communist Poland. This book provides the first detailed argument of how a theory of politicalobligation can apply to subjects of an unjust state INDICE: Preface .Acknowledgments .The Problem of Political Obligation .Consent and Gratitude .Linguistic Practice .Well-being and Justice .Affiliation .Fairness .Civil Justice .Obligations of Civil Justice and Unjust States .Conclusion .Bibliography.Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-36075-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 22/06/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido