Political Obligation (Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy) - Softcover

Flathman, Richard E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367369354 ISBN 13: 9780367369354

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

"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.

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Richard E. Flathman

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367369354
• ISBN 13: 9780367369354
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 364