Bound by Convention: Obligation and Social Rules

by David Owens

How should we assess the social structures that govern human conduct and settle whether we are bound by their rules? One approach is to ask whether those social arrangements (e.g. our family structures) reflect pre-conventional facts about our nature. If they do, compliance will serve our interests because these rules are not just conventions. Another approach is to ask whether following a convention has desirable consequences. For example, the rule...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192896121
• ISBN13: 9780192896124
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"