Political Philosophy - Political Obligation
- Created by: Olivia Grace Matthews
- Created on: 11-05-16 11:58
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- Political Obligation (1)
- About nature of relationship between individual and state
- What is the state? Max Weber: Political organization
- maintains monopoly of legit use of force and offers to protect everyone
- What is the state? Max Weber: Political organization
- Political Authority
- Theoretical (reasons to believe) vs practical (to act)
- State authority = practical authority
- Authority is a relational concept
- Legitmacy
- Descriptive vs normative
- Justified authority is legit
- Descriptive vs normative
- Political Obligation = moral duty to obey the law's of ones state
- Surrender of Private Judgement - Obey because in virtue of the fact that it is simply law, independently of other moral reasons
- If an individual is under obligation to obey the state, then the state has legitimate authority over them
- Why do we have a moral duty to obey laws of the state?
- 3 tests. A. John Simmons
- Generality Test: We think that most people have a duty to obey
- Particularity Test: We think that most people have a duty to obey their state
- Normative Credentials Test: We think people have a duty to obey because of some morally significant property of the state or individual
- Two Approaches
- Historical Theories: Obligation arises because of some historical feature between state and individual eg. consent
- Outcome Theories: Obligation arises because of something that the state does, some outcome produced eg. Justice
- If the puzzle remains unsolved?
- Accept that not everyone has political obligation
- Become a philosophical anarchist
- Argue that although there is no obligation, the state is still legit
- Argue state is not justified
- Argue that we have a duty to destroy the state
- About nature of relationship between individual and state
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