Knowles, D. (2012) Good samaritans and good government. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 112(2), pp. 161-178.
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Abstract
In this paper I review and provide a qualified defence of Samaritanism--Christopher Heath Wellman's novel approach to the old-fashioned problem of political obligation. I outline Wellman's theory, clarifying the details, and defend an amended version against a variety of objections concerning, successively, an alleged conflation of duties of care and beneficience, a difficulty concerning the distinction of perfect and imperfect duties, a problem deriving from the 'particularity requirement', and related issues deriving from the international applications of Samaritan values.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Samaritanism, political obligation, citizen's duties to the state |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Knowles, Professor Dudley |
| Authors: | Knowles, D. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Journal Name: | Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society |
| ISSN: | 0066-7374 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1467-9264 |
| Published Online: | 11 October 2012 |
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