Joint Political Rights and Obligations

In this paper it is argued that: (1) political rights and obligations are a species of institutional (moral) right and obligation (respectively) and are not, therefore, natural rights and obligation; (2) political rights and obligations in a given polity are not simply aggregates of individual righ...

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Auteur principal:	Seumas Miller
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Publié:	Rosenberg & Sellier 2016
Sujets:	joint action joint rights joint obligations political rights Aesthetics BH1-301 Ethics BJ1-1725
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a0b94b1da47747d5a68cd4f3fb6d7c562021-12-02T09:29:57ZJoint Political Rights and Obligations10.13128/Phe_Mi-181592280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/a0b94b1da47747d5a68cd4f3fb6d7c562016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7221https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 In this paper it is argued that: (1) political rights and obligations are a species of institutional (moral) right and obligation (respectively) and are not, therefore, natural rights and obligation; (2) political rights and obligations in a given polity are not simply aggregates of individual rights and obligations rather they are joint political rights and obligations; (3) the exercise of these joint rights, and the concomitant discharging of these joint obligations, is (i) a collective good in itself; (ii) productive of the collective good of legitimate government, and (iii) productive of the collective good of the coordination and regulation of other social institutions (government is a meta-institution), and (4) the procedure of voting in a democratic polity is a joint institutional mechanism – understood as a particular construction out of the notion of a joint action – and a specific expression of the joint right and obligation to engage in political participation. Seumas MillerRosenberg & Sellierarticlejoint actionjoint rightsjoint obligationspolitical rightsAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 9 (2016)
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description	In this paper it is argued that: (1) political rights and obligations are a species of institutional (moral) right and obligation (respectively) and are not, therefore, natural rights and obligation; (2) political rights and obligations in a given polity are not simply aggregates of individual rights and obligations rather they are joint political rights and obligations; (3) the exercise of these joint rights, and the concomitant discharging of these joint obligations, is (i) a collective good in itself; (ii) productive of the collective good of legitimate government, and (iii) productive of the collective good of the coordination and regulation of other social institutions (government is a meta-institution), and (4) the procedure of voting in a democratic polity is a joint institutional mechanism – understood as a particular construction out of the notion of a joint action – and a specific expression of the joint right and obligation to engage in political participation.
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Joint Political Rights and Obligations

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