Will and Political Legitimacy A Critical Exposition of Social Contract Theory in Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, and Hegel
At the heart of representative government is the question: "What makes government and its agents legitimate authorities?" The notion of consent to a social contract between the citizen and his government is central to this problem. What are the functions of public authority? What are the p...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press
[1982].
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| Colección: | Plataforma De Gruyter ebook.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34112807*spi |
| Sumario: | At the heart of representative government is the question: "What makes government and its agents legitimate authorities?" The notion of consent to a social contract between the citizen and his government is central to this problem. What are the functions of public authority? What are the people's rights in a self-governing and representative state? Patrick Riley presents a comprehensive historical analysis of the meaning of contract theory and a testing of the inherent validity of the ideas of consent and obligation. He uncovers the critical relationship between the act of willing and that of consenting in self-government and shows how "will" relates to political legitimacy. His is the first large-scale study of social contract theory from Hobbes to Rawls that gives "will" the central place it occupies in contractarian thinking. |
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| Notas: | Descripción basada en el recurso electrónico; tít. tomado del PDF (visitado en Mayo 26, 2011) |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674435506 |
