The People's Duty

Collective Agency and the Morality of Public Policy

Shmuel Nili (Northwestern University, Illinois)

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English

Cambridge University Press
13 June 2019

Social & political philosophy; Social issues & processes; Political science & theory; Public opinion & polls; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law

Can we talk about 'the people' as an agent with its own morally important integrity? How should we understand ownership of public property by 'the people'? Nili develops philosophical answers to both of these questions, arguing that we should see the core project of a liberal legal system - realizing equal rights - as an identity-grounding project of the sovereign people, and thus as essential to the people's integrity. He also suggests that there are proprietary claims that are intertwined in the sovereign people's moral power to create property rights through the legal system. The practical value of these ideas is illustrated through a variety of real-world policy problems, ranging from the domestic and international dimensions of corruption and abuse of power, through transitional justice issues, to the ethnic and religious divides that threaten liberal democracy. This book will appeal to political theorists as well as readers in public policy, area studies, law, and across the social sciences.

By: Shmuel Nili (Northwestern University Illinois)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781108480925
ISBN 10: 1108480926
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 13 June 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shmuel Nili is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, Illinois, and a research fellow at the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University, Canberra. He has published widely in leading journals, including Ethics, The American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, and the American Journal of Political Science.

Reviews for The People's Duty: Collective Agency and the Morality of Public Policy

'Who are 'the people', in a moral sense, and how should we think about the people as protecting their collective integrity? We have many theoretical and philosophical treatments of private property, but what about public property? In addition to answering these questions, of great relevance for our times, Shmuel Nili's The People's Duty is an accessible political philosophy that takes seriously the complexity of corruption and abuse of power.' Susan Stokes, John S. Saden Professor of Political Science and Director of the Yale Program on Democracy, Yale University, Connecticut `Who are `the people', in a moral sense, and how should we think about the people as protecting their collective integrity? We have many theoretical and philosophical treatments of private property, but what about public property? In addition to answering these questions, of great relevance for our times, Shmuel Nili's The People's Duty is an accessible political philosophy that takes seriously the complexity of corruption and abuse of power.' Susan Stokes, John S. Saden Professor of Political Science and Director of the Yale Program on Democracy, Yale University, Connecticut