Contractarianism, role obligations, and political morality /

Contractarianism, role obligations, and political morality /

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Author / Creator:	Sachs, Benjamin, author.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. ©2022
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy
Subject:	State, The -- Moral and ethical aspects. Political ethics. Contractarianism (Ethics) Contractarianism (Ethics) Political ethics. State, The -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12685370

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ISBN:	9781003227465 1003227465 9781000476750 1000476758 9781000476774 1000476774 9781032120188
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Benjamin Sachs is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. His main interests are in coercion and distributive justice, as well as theoretical and applied issues in ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of law. His previous book, Explaining Right and Wrong, was published by Routledge in 2018. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2021).
Other form:	Print version: Sachs, Benjamin. Contractarianism, role obligations, and political morality New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781032120188

Table of Contents:

A new contractarianism
Arguing for contractarianism
Sidestepping objections to contractarianism
Political liberalism
Legal liberalism
The political status of sentient animals
The legal status of sentient animals
Conclusion
Appendix A. Extant normative theories of legal personhood.