Preface p. vii
Introduction p. 3
Chapter I. Obligations p. 7
I.i. Obligations and Final Judgments p. 7
I.ii. Obligation and Duty p. 11
I.iii. Positional Duties and Moral Requirements p. 16
I.iv. "Prima Facie" Requirements p. 24
Chapter II. The Problem of Political Obligation p. 29
II.i. The Limits of the Investigation p. 29
II.ii. Political Obligation and Political Language p. 38
II.iii. Utilitarianism and Political Obligation p. 45
II.iv. The Standards of Success p. 54
Chapter III. The Consent Tradition p. 57
III.i. Consent Theory p. 57
III.ii. The Major Assumptions p. 61
III.iii. Majority Consent p. 71
Chapter IV. The Argument from Tacit Consent p. 75
IV.i. Consent Defined p. 75
IV.ii. Tacit Consent p. 79
IV.iii. Locke and the Failure of Tacit Consent p. 83
IV.iv. Tacit Consent and Residence p. 95
Chapter V. The Principle of Fair Play p. 101
V.i. Hart and Rawls on Fair Play p. 101
V.ii. Fair Play and Justice p. 109
V.iii. Fair Play and Political Obligation p. 114
V.iv. Nozick''s Arguments p. 118
V.v. The Principle in Political Communities p. 136
Chapter VI. The Natural Duty of Justice p. 143
VI.i. Rawls on Political Obligation p. 143
VI.ii. When Institutions "Apply to Us" p. 147
VI.iii. Justice and Political Bonds p. 152
Chapter VII. Gratitude p. 157
VII.i. The Benefits of Government p. 157
VII.ii. Debts of Gratitude p. 163
VII.iii. Gratitude as a Ground of Political Obligation p. 183
Chapter VIII. Concluding Remarks p. 191
VIII.i. Political Obligation and Disobedience p. 191
VIII.ii. Political Obligation and Legitimacy p. 195
Notes p. 202
Bibliography p. 219
Index p. 229
