Moral Principles and Political Obligations / / A. John Simmons.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Simmons, A. John,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER I. Obligations --; CHAPTER II. The Problem of Political Obligation --; CHAPTER III. The Consent Tradition --; CHAPTER IV. The Argument from Tacit Consent --; CHAPTER V. The Principle of Fair Play --; CHAPTER VI. The Natural Duty of Justice --; CHAPTER VII. Gratitude --; CHAPTER VIII. Concluding Remarks --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691213248; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691213248?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: A. John Simmons.

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. Under what conditions and for what reasons (if any), he asks, are we morally bound to obey the law and support the political institutions of our countries?