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Boundaries of Authority

By: A. John Simmons

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Modern states claim rights of jurisdiction and control over particular geographical areas and their associated natural resources. Boundaries of Authority explores the possible moral bases for such territorial claims by states, in the process arguing that many of these territorial claims in fact lack any moral justification. The book maintains throughout that the requirement of states' justified authority over persons has normative priority over, and as a result severely restricts, the kinds of territorial rights that states can justifiably claim, and it argues that the mere effective administration of justice within a geographical area is insufficient to ground moral authority over residents of that area. The book argues that only a theory of territorial rights that takes seriously the morality of the actual history of states' acquisitions of power over land and the land's residents can adequately explain the nature and extent of states' moral rights over particular territories. Part I of the book examines the interconnections between states' claimed rights of authority over particular sets of subject persons and states' claimed authority to control particular territories. It contains an extended critique of the dominant "Kantian functionalist" approach to such issues. Part II organizes, explains, and criticizes the full range of extant theories of states' territorial rights, arguing that a little-appreciated Lockean approach to territorial rights is in fact far better able to meet the principal desiderata for such theories. Where the first two parts of the book concern primarily states' claims to jurisdiction over territories, Part III of the book looks closely at the more property-like territorial rights that states claim - in particular, their claimed rights to control over the natural resources on and beneath their territories and their claimed rights to control and restrict movement across (including immigration over) their territorial borders.

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Oxford University Press

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0190603496

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The Lockean Theory of Rights

By: A. John Simmons

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The Lockean Theory of Rights

By: A. John Simmons

John Locke's political theory has been the subject of many detailed treatments by philosophers and political scientists. But The Lockean Theory of Rights is the first systematic, full-length study of Locke's theory of rights and of its potential for making genuine contributions to contemporary debates about rights and their place in political philosophy. Given that the rights of persons are the central moral concept at work in Locke's and Lockean political philosophy, such a study is long overdue.

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Princeton University Press

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0691221316

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Boundaries of Authority

By: Alan John Simmons

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Boundaries of Authority

By: Alan John Simmons

Modern states claim (and exercise) rights of jurisdiction and control over particular geographical areas and their associated natural resources. Boundaries of Authority explores the possible moral bases for such territorial claims by states, in the process arguing that many of these territorial claims in fact lack any moral justification.

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019060350X

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Justification and Legitimacy

Essays on Rights and Obligations

By: A. John Simmons

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Justification and Legitimacy

Essays on Rights and Obligations

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This book contains essays by A. John Simmons, perhaps the most innovative and creative of today's political philosophers.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521793653

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9780521793650

Moral Principles and Political Obligations

By: A. John Simmons

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Moral Principles and Political Obligations

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Outlining the major competing theories in the history of political and moral philosophy--from Locke and Hume through Hart, Rawls, and Nozick--John Simmons attempts to understand and solve the ancient problem of political obligation. Under what conditions and for what reasons (if any), he asks, are we morally bound to obey the law and support the political institutions of our countries?

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Princeton University Press

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0691020191

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Boundaries of Authority

Boundaries of Authority

The Lockean Theory of Rights

The Lockean Theory of Rights

Boundaries of Authority

Boundaries of Authority

Justification and Legitimacy

Justification and Legitimacy

Moral Principles and Political Obligations

Moral Principles and Political Obligations

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