Political Theory – Are there convincing reasons to think that most citizens have political obligations?
Order Description
“Are there convincing reasons to think that most citizens have political obligations?”
This essay must go through turn it in.
The key readings/related sources to be used are
Horton, J. (2007) ‘In Defence of Associative Political Obligations: Part Two’, Political Studies 55:1, pp. 1–19.
Simmons, A. J. (2005) ‘Civil Disobedience and the Duty to Obey the Law’, in R.G. Frey & C.H. Wellman (eds.), Blackwell Companion to Applied Ethics, Oxford: Blackwell, chapter 4.
Simmons, A.J. (1979) Moral Principles and Political Obligations, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Raz, J. (2009) The Authority of Law: Essays on Law and Morality, 2nd ed. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, part 4.
Beran, H. (1987) The Consent Theory of Political Obligation, London: Croom Helm. Klosko, G. (1992) The Principle of Fairness and Political Obligation, Lanham: Rowman
& Littlefield.
