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In Playing Fair, Richard Dagger provides a unified theory of political obligation and the justification of punishment that takes its bearings from the principle of fair play. Dagger argues that members of a just polity have an obligation to obey its laws because they have an obligation of reciprocity or fair play to one another.
Sommario
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Political Obligation as Fair Play
- 1. Political Obligation: Concepts and Challenges
- 2. Fair Play and Cooperative Practices
- 3. Fair Play and Its Rivals
- 4. Political Obligation as Fair Play: Elaboration and Defense
- Part II Punishment as Fair Play
- 5. Justifying Punishment: Concepts and Challenges
- 6. Playing Fair with Punishment: Elaboration and Defense
- 7. Punishing Fairly
- Part III Fair Play and the Polity
- 8. Authority, Deference, and Fair Play
- 9. Political Obligation, Punishment, and the Polity
- Index
Info autore
Richard Dagger is E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in the Liberal Arts and Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law at the University of Richmond. He is the author of
Civic Virtue: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism (OUP).
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In Playing Fair, Richard Dagger provides a unified theory of political obligation and the justification of punishment that takes its bearings from the principle of fair play. Dagger argues that members of a just polity have an obligation to obey its laws because they have an obligation of reciprocity or fair play to one another.
Testo aggiuntivo
Playing Fair expertly canvasses a number of debates on the justification of political obligation and the justification of punishment in order to develop a unified account of these two problems. Dagger's arguments are compelling and elegantly presented. This is a timely and important book.
