There are reasons to believe that conventional obligations are impossible. Thus, it could be argued that for me to have an obligation to Φ in virtue of the fact that a convention so requires, it must be the case that I ...

The tribute origin is very ancient. The Word “tribute” comes from the Latin “tributum”. It regards something that by onus is given to the State. The tribute is taxed because it is the social contract cost of living in ...

Agreement of two or more people to create, transfer, modify or extinguish obligations. The agreements that produce or transfer the obligations and rights take the name of CONTRACTS.

According to the usual interpretation, Hobbes argues that subjects have binding political obligations because the sanctions for non-compliance provided by the law given them sufficient reason to obey. This view comprises ...

This article discusses whether physicians have social obligations and whether these obligations imply a moral duty to work in the public sector. The article focuses on the context of the Chilean health system, which has ...

In this essay, I shall study some aspects of Kant´s approach to a complex topic that lies at the core of modern political philosophy: That of political obligation. The specificity of juridical-political obligations, ...