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"On Obligations, composed by Cicero in late 44 B.C. following the assassination of Julius Caesar, recommends ideals of conduct to the young Roman who aspires to a political career. It explores the apparent tensions between honourable conduct and expediency in public life. The principles of honourable behaviour are based on the Stoic virtues of wisdom, justice, magnanimity, and propriety. The analysis of expediency explores the right and the wrong ways of attaining political leadership, and Cicero's conclusion is that the intrinsically useful is always identical with the honourable." "This…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2001On Obligations (Oxford Worlds Classics)Oxford University Press, USA · 278 pages · 9780192839688
- Other · English · 2000Oxford University Press · 218 pages · 9780199240180
EthicsEarly works to 1800Ancient EthicsEthics, ancientPolitical ethicsPolitical obligationMorale politiqueObligation politique