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1、LegalTheory,18(2012),209229.cCambridgeUniversityPress20120361-6843/12$15.00+00doi:10.1017/S1352325212000067ACCEPTANCE,FAIRNESS,ANDPOLITICALOBLIGATIONEdwardSong*LouisianaStateUniversityAmongthemostpopularstrategiesforjustifyingpoliticalobligationsarethosethatappealtotheprincipl
2、eoffairness.Thesetheoriesfacethechallenge,canonicallyarticulatedbyRobertNozick,ofexplaininghowitisthatpersonsareobligatedtoschemeswhentheyreceivegoodsthattheydonotaskforbutcannotreject.JohnSimmonsoffersonedefenseoftheprincipleoffairness,arguingthatpeoplecouldbeboundbyobligation
3、soffairnessiftheyvoluntarilyacceptgoodsproducedbyacooperativescheme.Simmons,however,thinksthatsuchatheorywilldolittleworkinjustifyingpoliticalobligations,sincevirtuallynoonevoluntarilyacceptsstategoods.Thispaperattemptstoadvancejustsuchatheorybyarguingthatstatesareinfactgenuine
4、cooperativeschemesandthatSimmonsisoverlypessimisticinhisappraisalofwhetherthemajorityofcitizensacceptthegoodsprovidedbytheirstates.Theproblemofpoliticalobligationwhetherornotcitizensareobligatedtosupportandobeythelawsoftheirstateisamongthemostvenerableofphilosophicalpuzzlesandr
5、emainsacentralproblemwithincontemporarylegalandpoliticalphilosophy.Atissuehereisnotwhethercitizenssome-timeshavegoodreasonsoraremorallyobligatedtoobeythelaw,forthelawoftenplaceslegalrequirementsonpeopletodowhatisalreadymorallyrequired.Thequestioniswhethertheyhaveadutytoobeythel
6、awjustbecauseitisalaw,atleastuptoapoint.1Despiteageneralintuitionthatcitizensareinfactsoobligated,ithasremaineddifficulttoexplainwhythis∗IamverygratefulforthecommentsandassistanceofIanCruise,KoryDeClark,AnnetteDenton,DavidLefkowitz,JustinTosi,andananonymousreviewerforLEGALTHEORY
7、.1.Morespecifically,asWilliamEdmundsonsuggests,followingMichaelKramer,thedebateoverpoliticalobligationconcernswhetherornotthereareprimafacie,comprehensivelyapplicable,universallyborne,andcontent-independent,generalobligationstoobeyasocietyslegalnorms.Suchobligationsareprimafacie
8、inthesensethatthedutyisnotabsolutebutdefeasiblebyother
