On Obligations (Cicero - Oxford Walsh transl.)

Author: Cicero

Translator: P. G. Walsh

ISBN: 9780199540716

Binding: paperback

Section: Philosophy/Rhetoric/Logic

On Obligations (De officiis) was written by Cicero in late 44 BC after the assassination of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behaviour for aspiring politicians. It explores the apparent tensions between honourable conduct and expediency in public life, and the right and wrong ways of attaining political leadership. Cicero's famous treatise has played a seminal role in the formation of ethical values in western Christendom. Today, when corruption and conflict in political life are the focus of so much public attention, On Obligations is still the foremost guide to good conduct.