Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Rights
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Abstract
Political philosophers have long debated the problem of political and legal obligation: how the existence of a political community and its laws can affect our obligations. This paper applies Alon Harel’s argument that law has intrinsic value to this venerable problem. It interprets Harel’s argument as a Kantian claim that law enables us to treat our fellows with the respect they deserve, by requiring us not only to treat them decently, but to recognize decent treatment as their right.
Publication Title
Critical Analysis of Law
First Page
268
Last Page
280
Recommended Citation
Guyora Binder,
Why Law Matters For Our Obligations,
2
Critical Analysis L.
268
(2015).
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https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/journal_articles/305