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1030412
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b784782
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Wellman, Christopher Heath.
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Is there a duty to obey the law? /\ Christopher Heath Wellman, A. John Simmons.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2005.
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For and against
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xiii, 200 pages ;; 23 cm.
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0521537843
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: 0521830974
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: 9780521537841
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: 9780521830973
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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I. Samaritanism and the duty to obey the law / Christopher Heath Wellman -- 1. Why I am not an anarchist -- 2. Doing one's fair share -- 3. Just and unjust laws -- 4. Confronting injustice -- -- II. The duty to obey and our natural moral duties / A. John Simmons -- 5. The problem and its significance -- 6. The theories -- 7. Natural duties and the duty to obey the law -- 8. Conclusions.
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"The central question in political philosophy is whether political states have the right to coerce their constituents and whether citizens have a moral duty to obey the commands of their state. Christopher Heath Wellman and A. John Simmons defend opposing answers to this question. Wellman bases his argument on samaritan obligations to perform easy rescues, arguing that each of us has a moral duty to obey the law as his or her fair share of the communal samaritan chore of rescuing our compatriots from the perils of the state of nature. Simmons counters that this and all other attempts to explain our duty to obey the law fail.
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Concentrating especially on refuting Natural Duty accounts of the duty to obey, he ultimately defends the view that there is no strong moral presumption in favor of obedience to or compliance with any existing state."--Jacket.
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Duty.
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Law and ethics.
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Political ethics.
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Devoir.
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Droit et morale.
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Morale politique.
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86.04 philosophy of law.
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Duty.
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Duty.
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Ethics.
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Ethik
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Gesetz
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Individual rights and duties.
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Law and ethics.
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Law and ethics.
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Law.
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Pflicht
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Philosophy of law.
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Political ethics.
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Political ethics.
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Political philosophy.
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Political theory.
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Rechtsphilosophie
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Rights and duties of States.
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States.
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Ethische aspecten.
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Wetsnaleving.
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| Dewey Classification
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172/.1
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BJ55.W45 2005
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5,1ssgn
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86.04bcl
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CC 7600rvk
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PI 3500rvk
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| Added Entry
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Simmons, A. John, (Alan John),1950-
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