Political Obligation.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Original Half Title -- 1. The Study of Language and the Study of Politics -- I. Language and Meaning -- II. Use versus Analysis of Language -- III. Language and Convention -- IV. Language and Social and Political Practice -- V. Language and Social Science -- VI. Some Limitations on Social Science -- VII. Some Opportunities for Social Science -- VIII. Concluding Remarks -- 2. Obligation and Ideals -- I. Obligations and Ideals -- II. Political and Other Obligations -- Ill. Political Obligation and the Contagious Effects of Disobedience -- IV. The Contagious Effects of Disobedience and Reflecton and Choice -- V. Concluding Remarks -- 3· Obligation and Rules -- I. Characteristics of Rules -- II. Types of Rules -- III. Rules and Reasons -- IV. Concluding Remarks -- 4. The Social Bases of Obligation Rules -- I. Language and Individual Action -- II. Social Rules and Individual Action -- III. Hare's Account of Rule Formation -- IV. Social Rules and Social Change -- V. Concluding Remarks -- 5. Obligation, Stability, and Change: Praise, Blame, and Disinclination -- I. "'Obligation' Implies Blame, not Praise -- II. Obligation and Disinclination -- III. Obligation, Stasis, and Stability -- 6. Obligation, Political Freedom, and Coercion -- I. Accepted Obligation Rules and Freedom of Political Action -- II. Obligation Rules, Political Freedom, and the Use of Sanctions -- III. Rejected Rules, Political Freedom, and Coercion -- IV. Obligation, Freedom, and Reason -- 7. Obligation, Consent, and Utility -- I. The Alleged Monism of Utilitarianism -- II. Utilitarianism and Rules -- III. Antecedent Assent and Utility -- IV. Concluding Remarks -- 8. The Utility of Obligation.

I. Political Obligation and Social Utility: Socrates' Argument in the Crito -- II. Political Obligation and Personal Interest: the Argument of Hobbes -- III. Summary and Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.

First published in 1972, the author discusses crucial issues in political theory in a lucid and stimulating argument. Though mainly concerned to develop his own modified utilitarian standing point he also reviews both the classical and modern literature from Plato and Hobbes to Hare and Rawls.

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