Open AccessA Critical Assessment of George Klosko’s Version of the Principle of Fair Play
Author(s) -
Leonardo Moauro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
stance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-1899
pISSN - 1943-1880
DOI - 10.33043/s.4.1.61-68
Subject(s) - obligation , george (robot) , argument (complex analysis) , object (grammar) , law and economics , law , state (computer science) , philosophy , political science , sociology , epistemology , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , algorithm , artificial intelligence
The nature of our obligation to obey the law has consistently been an important object of philosophical dispute. Fair play based theories of obligation purport to show that it is unfair for us to benefit from anorganizational scheme (such as the state) without contributing our fair share to the provision of goods. George Klosko is a major proponent of this approach. I develop his particular version of the argument from fair play into a defensible theory of citizens’ obligation to obey the laws of their state.