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Membership, Fair Play, and Political Obligation

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In recent years a number of theorists have maintained that the obligation to obey the law is best conceived and justified as an associational obligation. Not consent or utility or fair play but membership is the source of political obligation. These theorists are wrong, I argue, but they are wrong in interesting and illuminating ways. For an examination of the advantages and disadvantages of the membership account of political obligation underscores the merits of a rival account of obligation grounded in the principle of fair play.

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  • Richard Dagger, 2000. "Membership, Fair Play, and Political Obligation," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 48(1), pages 104-117, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:48:y:2000:i:1:p:104-117
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00253
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    1. Daniel McDermott, 2004. "Fair‐Play Obligations," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 52(2), pages 216-232, June.
    2. John Horton, 2006. "In Defence of Associative Political Obligations: Part One," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 54(3), pages 427-443, October.
    3. John Horton, 2007. "In Defence of Associative Political Obligations: Part Two," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 55(1), pages 1-19, March.

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