TY - BOOK ID - 49863576 TI - Political obligations PY - 2005 SN - 0199551049 1281906611 9786611906610 0191531308 1435633938 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political obligation. KW - Obligation, Political KW - Political science UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:49863576 AB - 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 critically examines the ER -