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Outlining the major competing theories in the history of political and moral philosophy--from Locke and Hume through Hart, Rawls, and Nozick--John Simmons attempts to understand and solve the ancient problem of political obligation. Under what conditions and for what reasons (if any), he asks, are we morally bound to obey the law and support the political institutions of our countries?

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• Preface(p. vii)
• Introduction(p. 3)
• Chapter I. Obligations(p. 7)
• I.i. Obligations and Final Judgments(p. 7)
• I.ii. Obligation and Duty(p. 11)
• I.iii. Positional Duties and Moral Requirements(p. 16)
• I.iv. "Prima Facie" Requirements(p. 24)
• Chapter II. The Problem of Political Obligation(p. 29)
• II.i. The Limits of the Investigation(p. 29)
• II.ii. Political Obligation and Political Language(p. 38)
• II.iii. Utilitarianism and Political Obligation(p. 45)
• II.iv. The Standards of Success(p. 54)
• Chapter III. The Consent Tradition(p. 57)
• III.i. Consent Theory(p. 57)
• III.ii. The Major Assumptions(p. 61)
• III.iii. Majority Consent(p. 71)
• Chapter IV. The Argument from Tacit Consent(p. 75)
• IV.i. Consent Defined(p. 75)
• IV.ii. Tacit Consent(p. 79)
• IV.iii. Locke and the Failure of Tacit Consent(p. 83)
• IV.iv. Tacit Consent and Residence(p. 95)
• Chapter V. The Principle of Fair Play(p. 101)
• V.i. Hart and Rawls on Fair Play(p. 101)
• V.ii. Fair Play and Justice(p. 109)
• V.iii. Fair Play and Political Obligation(p. 114)
• V.iv. Nozick's Arguments(p. 118)
• V.v. The Principle in Political Communities(p. 136)
• Chapter VI. The Natural Duty of Justice(p. 143)
• VI.i. Rawls on Political Obligation(p. 143)
• VI.ii. When Institutions "Apply to Us"(p. 147)
• VI.iii. Justice and Political Bonds(p. 152)
• Chapter VII. Gratitude(p. 157)
• VII.i. The Benefits of Government(p. 157)
• VII.ii. Debts of Gratitude(p. 163)
• VII.iii. Gratitude as a Ground of Political Obligation(p. 183)
• Chapter VIII. Concluding Remarks(p. 191)
• VIII.i. Political Obligation and Disobedience(p. 191)
• VIII.ii. Political Obligation and Legitimacy(p. 195)
• Notes(p. 202)
• Bibliography(p. 219)
• Index(p. 229)

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