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Fixed Content of Political Obligations

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  • George Klosko

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An aspect of political obligations that has received little attention is the means through which their content, i.e., exactly what is required of their bearers, is determined. An adequate moral basis for political obligations must account for this requirement, which is closely linked to the concept of authority, the state's right to substitute its judgement in various areas for the subjects' own. The problems faced by theories of obligation based on gratitude and tacit consent in fixing the content of obligations are examined, while I show how a theory based on the principle of fairness is able to overcome them. As long as a cooperative enterprise supplies public goods that are indispensable to minimally acceptable lives and require ‘regulated cooperation’ for their supply, it is able to ground obligations with fixed content under the principle of fairness.

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  • George Klosko, 1998. "Fixed Content of Political Obligations," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 46(1), pages 53-67, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:46:y:1998:i:1:p:53-67
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00129
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    1. Daniel McDermott, 2004. "Fair‐Play Obligations," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 52(2), pages 216-232, June.
    2. John Horton, 2006. "In Defence of Associative Political Obligations: Part One," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 54(3), pages 427-443, October.
    3. Isaac Taylor, 2017. "Data collection, counterterrorism and the right to privacy," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 16(3), pages 326-346, August.

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