Democratic Voluntarism & the Problem of Justifying Political Bonds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6357668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David R Mapel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 233-253 |
| Publication date | 1990-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3235073 |
| OpenAlex | W2314083834 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Is there a moral basis for political obligation? Recent democratic theorists have raised powerful objections to the very idea of a nonvoluntary duty to obey the state. Yet, this article contends, a satisfactory account of our political bonds must include the idea of voluntarily acquired obligations, as well as the idea of a rationally grounded, nonvoluntary moral duty to comply with just institutions. These duties, the author argues, are neither as unpolitical nor as demanding as recent democrats suggest, and he concludes that many of the fears that democrats and liberals have about a rationally justified duty to obey will be relieved by a fuller understanding of democratic voluntarism
Democracy · Duty · Epistemology · Law and economics · Moral obligation · Morality · Obligation · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Voluntarism (philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theology and Sovereignty · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 1992 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |