# Freedom, Rights, and Political Philosophy, Part 3

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/freedom-rights-and-political-philosophy-part-3>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** October 7, 2015

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Smith discusses the distinction between political obligation and political allegiance, and how the problem of allegiance was the major concern of John Locke.

[Originally published in essay form on February 12, 2013.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/freedom-rights-political-philosophy-part-3)

_Narrated by James Foster._