Associative political obligations

Article Abstract:

Political obligations are not associative obligations. This conclusion follows from the inadequacies of arguments in favor of the view that political obligations are associative, including the conceptual argument, nonvoluntarist contract theory, and communitarian theory. The thesis of the normative independence of local practice also fails to establish the associative nature of political obligations. A more adequate account would start by questioning the related theses of antivoluntarism, the authority of shared moral experience, the particularity of political obligations, the analogy with the family, and the normative force of local practice.

Ethical aspects, Social role, Political obligation

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Contemporary property rights, Lockean provisos, and the interests of future generations

Article Abstract:

Future generations have moral claims on resources that are just as valid as those based on current property rights. For example, John Locke's influential theory of property rights includes a proviso limiting legitimate appropriation of property to cases in which enough property of the same value is left for others. Under contemporary circumstances, the proviso is best interpreted as prohibiting appropriation that is harmful to others. This interpretation allows for some appropriation, but also justifies curtailing current property rights to protect future interests in some cases.

United States, Right of property, Property rights, Future interests, Locke, John

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