1st Edition
Social Contract and Political Obligation A Critique and Reappraisal
By Peter J. McCormick
Copyright 1987
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1987. This study is concerned with the problem of political obligation, the normative question of why one should obey the law, and with social contract thought as an answer to this question. It is entitled a critique, but the critique is not of social contract theory as such, but rather of the "orthodox" treatment of contract that yields so readily to the rough handling and... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Theme Introduced: Grotius 3. The Theme Developed: Hobbes 4. The Theme Developed: Locke 5. The Theme Developed: Rousseau 6. The Theme Clarified: The Imputed Contract and John Rawls 7. The Theme Clarified: The Orthodox Model and Imputed Contract 8. The Theme divided: Democracy, Consent and Obligation 9. The Theme Divided: T. H. Green 10. Conclusion; Appendices
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Peter J. McCormick
