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Political obligation asks what gives a person reason to obey common power. Protection, consent, rights and breached trust can support competing answers.
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Guided course · Module 9 · Lesson 52
Why should anyone obey a government?
Hobbes and Locke disagree about the grounds and limits of political authority. A shared case tests their accounts of protection, consent, rights and resistance.