This thesis addresses one of the central questions in political philosophy, the question of political obligation why people have a duty to support the political institutions of their countries. The traditional and dominant answer to this question is voluntarism, which claims that people have such a duty because they have consented to the ruling of their states. The thesis systematically refutes this voluntarist approach, criticizes some of today's leading non-voluntarist alternatives to the voluntarist one, and advances a new way of looking at the problem, which is derived from a transcendental argument.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:RICE/oai:scholarship.rice.edu:1911/19363 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Cheng, Lian |
| Contributors | Sher, George |
| Source Sets | Rice University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | 213 p., application/pdf |
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