Political Authority and Obligation in Aristotle

This is an extremely detailed and learned work which scholars of Aristotle's Politics and those interested in the question of political authority will find enormously valuable.

• 1. The explanatory power of ethics in Aristotle's theory of politics and law ; 2. Nature and normativity ; 3. The concept of political authority ; 4. Morality and political obligation ; 5. The question of political obligation ; 6. The justification of political authority ; 7. The limits of political obligation ; Conclusion ; Index locorum ; Index nominum ; General index