A Theory of Political Obligation —— Membership, Commitment, and the Bonds of Society

----- 政治义务理论：成员，承诺和社会纽带

ISBN: 9780199274956 出版年：2006 页码：343 Gilbert, Margaret Oxford University Press

Margaret Gilbert offers an incisive new approach to a classic problem of political philosophy: when and why should I do what the law tells me to do? Do I have special obligations to conform to the laws of my own country and if so, why? In what sense, if any, must I fight in wars in which my country is engaged, if ordered to do so, or suffer the penalty for law-breaking the law imposes - including the death penalty? Gilbert's accessible book offers a provocative and compelling case in favour of citizens' obligations to the state, while examining how these can be squared with self-interest and other competing considerations.