Outlining the major competing theories in the history of political and moral philosophy--from Locke and Hume through Hart, Rawls, and Nozick--John Simmons attem

Margaret Gilbert offers an incisive new approach to a classic problem of political philosophy: when and why should I do what the laws of my country tell me to d

How should we understand the relationship between citizens and governments, and what are the obligations of citizens? In this substantially revised new edition

In this collection of essays, Michael Walzer discusses how obligations are incurred, sustained, and (sometimes) abandoned by citizens of the modern state and me

Providing a full defence of the theory of political obligation George Klosko presents arguments based on a number of key principles, as well as commenting on po