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Is Democracy a viable form of political obligation?  

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Politics Assessed Essay Is Democracy a viable form of political obligation? Political Obligation is an issue, which has many different aspects, when broken down. The whole concept of Political Obligation is basically whether or not citizens within a state should abide by a set of laws, which have been derived by the state. The citizen is obliged to obey the laws of the state because the state has sovereign authority1; this is the obvious answer to the question as to why the citizen should obey the laws, which have been created, however many arguments to the reasons as to why citizens shouldn't abide by the laws have also been discussed. There is substancial evidence to support both answers to the question of whether or not citizens should live their lives in accordance with the laws set by the state, and after analysing both sides a conclusion will be reached on whether or...

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