The Library
Sovereignty, political obligation, and fairness
Tools
O’Brian, William E. (2018) Sovereignty, political obligation, and fairness. In: Finkelstein, Claire and Skerker, Michael, (eds.) Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority. Oxford series in Ethics, National Security, and the rule of law, 1 . New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190922542
Research output not available from this repository.
Request-a-Copy directly from author or use local Library Get it For Me service.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190922542.003.00...
Abstract
This chapter analyzes the leading theories of freedom in recent legal and philosophical theory, focusing on the pure negative freedom approach, the Kantian approach, and the Republican approach, contrasting these with the leading “positive freedom” approach, that of capabilities. Adopting elements of all of these theories, the chapter develops a Kantian approach incorporating elements of the Republican analysis of freedom. In doing so, the chapter discusses the Principle of Fairness, and applies the Principle of Fairness to the concept of political obligation. The resulting theory lends support to a particular principle, the Reciprocal Sovereignty Principle, which permits restrictions of freedom only where doing so is mutually beneficial.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Series Name: | Oxford series in Ethics, National Security, and the rule of law | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
Place of Publication: | New York | ||||
ISBN: | 9780190922542 | ||||
Book Title: | Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority | ||||
Editor: | Finkelstein, Claire and Skerker, Michael | ||||
Official Date: | November 2018 | ||||
Dates: |
|
||||
Volume: | 1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 376 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780190922542.003.0004 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Related URLs: |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
View Item |