The Principle of Fairness and Political Obligation

By (author) George Klosko

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Publication date:

26 January 2004

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781461645320

In The Principle of Fairness and Political Obligation, George Klosko presents the first book-length treatment of political obligation grounded in the premises of liberal political theory. In this now-classic work, he clearly and systematically formulates what others thought impossible-a principle of fairness that specifies a set of conditions which grounds existing political obligations and bridges the gap between the abstract accounts of political principles and the actual beliefs of political actors. Brought up-to-date with a new introduction, this new edition will be of great interest to all interested in political thought.

Chapter 1 New Introduction
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Political Obligation
Chapter 4 The Principle of Fairness
Chapter 5 Political Precepts
Chapter 6 Discretionary Public Goods
Chapter 7 Fairness Theory
Chapter 8 Fairness, Utilitarianism, and Consent
Chapter 9 Appendix I: Parfit's Moral Arithmetic and the Obligation to Obey the Law
Chapter 10 Appendix II: The Principle of Fairness and Political Attitudes
Chapter 11 Bibliography
Chapter 12 Index

Klosko's clear and well-written book is the most comprehensive attempt yet to argue for the existence of political obligations from the Principle of Fairness.