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The idea of political obligation is philosophical, focusing on the morality of laws, rather than justice. Discussion of political obligation grew during the era of social contract theory, in which Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were crucial in explaining the idea and its importance. Political obligation is distinct from legal obligation.
The Development of Plato’s Political Theory (Methuen, 1986; Second Edition, Oxford, 2006) The Principle of Fairness and Political Obligation (Rowman and Littlefield, 1992) Political Obligations (Oxford University Press, 2005) The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy (Oxford, 2011)
Amy Mulenga Holmes [1] (born July 25, 1973) is a Zambian-born American journalist and political commentator. Holmes co-hosted, with fellow commentator Michael Gerson, a politically conservative-oriented talk show on PBS titled In Principle. [2] She is a former contributor to NBC News.
Lectures on Kant, on Logic, on the Principles of Political Obligation; Miscellanies, preceded by a full Memoir by the Editor. [7] All three volumes are available for download at Internet Archive. The Principles of Political Obligation was afterwards published in separate form.
Today (also called The Today Show) is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC.The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and after 72 years of broadcasting it is fifth on the list of longest-running American television serie
A political obligation is a requirement for the citizens of a society to follow the laws of that society. [9] There are philosophical issues, however, about whether a citizen should follow a law simply because it is a law. There are various views about whether a political obligation is a moral obligation.
"Consent of the governed" is a phrase found in the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson.. Using thinking similar to that of John Locke, the founders of the United States believed in a state built upon the consent of "free and equal" citizens; a state otherwise conceived would lack legitimacy and rational-legal authority.
Consent theory is a term for the idea in social philosophy that individuals primarily make decisions as free agents entering into consensual relationships with other free agents, and that this becomes the basis for political governance. [1]