178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1987. The theory that political obligation and authority are derived from the consent of citizens is commonly accepted in the history of Western political thought. It is expressed in the famous assertion of the American Declaration of Independence that governments derive ‘their just powers from the consent of the governed’ and in the constitutions of some Western powers.... Read more
Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction 2. Conceptual Preliminaries and Normative Assumptions 3. The Membership Version of Consent Theory 4. Consent and Three Version of Democratic Liberalism 5. Three Versions of Actual Consent Theory 6. Replies to Objections 7. Reforms Required to Maximise Consent-based Political Obligation and Authority 8. Political Obligation and Moral Ought 9. Summary of the Membership Version of Consent Theory; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
Biography
Harry Beran
