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Apr 17, 2007 · To have a political obligation, then, is to have a moral duty to obey the law. Margaret Gilbert has recently challenged this moralized characterization of political obligation (Gilbert 2006; Gilbert 2013).
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Why is political obligation important? Political obligation is important because it helps maintain social order, promotes justice, fosters civic responsibility, ensures national security, and legitimizes the use of political power.
Apr 17, 2007 · To have a political obligation is to have a moral duty to obey the laws of one's country or state. On that point there is almost complete agreement among political philosophers. But how does one acquire such an obligation, and how many people have really done what is necessary to acquire it?
Political Obligation. Why should I obey the law? Apart from the obvious prudential and self-interested reasons (to avoid punishment, loss of reputation, and so forth), is there a moral obligation to do what the law requires just because the law requires it?
Peoples’ political obligations constitute the core of the moral relationship that exists between them and their polities, and they are thus closely related to such corresponding concepts as the legitimacy or de jure authority of the state (see Authority; Legitimacy).
happens, for instance, when we say, "You have an obligation to pay Smith $5 because you promised to do so." To show why or that someone has an obligation, we show how he came to have it. Not all instances of previous committing action are as unproblematical as promises, certainly, but the point remains: one becomes obligated by committing ...
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Aug 1, 2014 · This essay is an attempt to clarify the problem of political obligation and to see why it is a problem. My argument, briefly, is that the traditional understanding of the problem is misleading because it fails to distinguish questions of obedience from questions of obligation.
