Author: George Klosko
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: obligations, political
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2008-11-15
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0199551049
ISBN-13: 9780199551040

Political Obligations provides a full defense of a theory of political obligation based on the principle of fairness (or fair play), which is widely viewed as the strongest theory of obligation currently available. The work responds to the most important objections to the principle of fairness, and extends a theory based on fairness into a developed ’multiple principle’ theory of obligation. In order to establish the need for such a theory, Political Obligations criticizes alternative theories of obligation based on a natural duty of justice and ’reformist’ consent, and

Author: Cicero
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: classics, worlds, oxford, obligations
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2001-07-12
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0192839683
ISBN-13: 9780192839688

Cicero write On Obligations (De Officiis) in late 44 BC after the assassination of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behavior for aspiring politicians. It has subsequently played a seminal role in the formation of ethical values in western Christendom. Adopted by the fourth-century Christian humanists, it became transmuted into the moral code of the high Middle Ages. Thereafter, in the Renaissance from the time of Petrarch, and in the Age of Enlightenment that followed, it was given central prominence in discussion of the government of states. Today, when corruption and conflict in politi

Author: Paul J. Weithman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: citizenship, obligations, religion
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2002-09-02
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 052180857X
ISBN-13: 9780521808576

This book takes issue with those who would seek to place restrictions on the participation of religious organizations in politics, arguing that their position underestimates the benefits, and overestimates the costs, of having religiously motivated citizens participate in this way. It will appeal to readers in philosophy and politics.

Author: Tom Regan
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: obligations, human, rights
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1989-02-18
List price: $91.80
ISBN-10: 0130368644
ISBN-13: 9780130368645

Collection of historical, theoretical and applied articles on the ethical considerations in the treatment of animals by human beings.

Author: Nancy L. Rosenblum
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: faith, demands, citizenship, obligations
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2000-04-04
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 069100708X
ISBN-13: 9780691007083

Of the many challenges facing liberal democracy, none is as powerful and pervasive today as those posed by religion. These are the challenges taken up in Obligations of Citizenship and Demands of Faith, an exploration of the place of religion in contemporary public life. The essays in this volume suggest that two important shifts have altered the balance between the competing obligations of citizenship and faith: the growth of religious pluralism and the escalating calls of religious groups for some measure of autonomy or recognition from democratic majorities. The authors--political theorist

Author: A. John Simmons
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: obligations, political, principles, moral
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 1981-09-01
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0691020191
ISBN-13: 9780691020198

Outlining the major competing theories in the history of political and moral philosophy- from Locke and Hume through Hart, Rawls, and Nozick- John Simmons attempts to understand and solve the ancient problem of political obligation.

Author: A. John Simmons
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: obligations, rights, essays, legitimacy, justification
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2000-10-30
List price: $36.99
ISBN-10: 0521793653
ISBN-13: 9780521793650

The characteristic features of clear argumentation and careful scholarship that have been hallmarks of the philosophy of A. John Simmons are everywhere evident in this collection. The essays focus on the problems of political obligation and state legitimacy as well as on historical theories of property and justice. Cumulatively the collection presents a distinctive social and political philosophy, exploring the nature of our most fundamental rights and obligations, and displaying the power and plausibility of Lockean ideal theory.