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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Liberalism and the Obligation to Military Service
Beteiligte:
Carter, April
Erschienen:
SAGE Publications, 1998
Erschienen in:
Political Studies, 46 (1998) 1, Seite 68-81
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1111/1467-9248.00130
ISSN:
0032-3217;
1467-9248
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Beschreibung:
This article argues that liberalism's failure to address systematically the question of citizens' obligation to military service is indicative of its wider failure to develop a satisfactory concept of citizenship. Whilst liberalism's individualist bias, implicit class assumptions and hope of transcending war have all contributed to neglect of citizen duty to bear arms, the most interesting reason, in relation to contemporary republican critiques, is liberalism's inadequate view of citizenship. This article examines the different approaches of the classical English liberals Locke, Bentham and J. S. Mill to international relations, forms of national defence and the role (if any) of citizens, and considers very briefly the views of some contemporary liberal theorists on military service and justified resistance to the draft. Finally, it comments on the implicit reliance of liberal polities on non-liberal models of citizenship, and the need for a coherent liberal concept of citizenship which includes an examination of responsibility for defence.