Single Idea 20613

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism]

Full Idea

Many of our most important obligations are things we did not consent to. If you think you have obligations to your family, did you choose to have them as family members?

Gist of Idea

We have obligations to our family, even though we didn't choose its members

Source

Tuckness,A/Wolf,C (This is Political Philosophy [2017], 6 'Gratitude')

Book Reference

Tuckness,A / Wolf,C: 'This is Political Philosophy' [Wiley Blackwell 2017], p.150


A Reaction

A question that gets close to the heart of the communitarian ideal, I think. We choose to have children, and we bring them up, but even then we don't choose who our children are.