 Bhikhu Parekh (1993, p. 240) employs the phrase “civil obligation” to refer to “the obligation to respect and uphold the legitimately constituted civil authority,” from which follows a moral obligation “to obey the laws enacted by the civil authority.” “Political” is a broader term, according to Parekh, and someone who has a truly political obligation will owe her polity more than mere obedience to its laws, such as a positive duty to take steps to secure the safety and advance the interests of her country. (see also Raz 2006, p. 1004). Yet we already have a term, “civic duty,” that does the work Parekh wants to assign to “political obligation.” Exhortations to do our civic duty typically urge us to do more than merely obey the law. These exhortations would have us vote in elections and be well-informed voters; buy government bonds; limit our use of water and other scarce resources; donate blood, service, or money (beyond what we owe in taxes) in times of crisis; and generally contribute in an active way to the common good. Whether we really have a civic duty to do any or all of these things may be a matter of dispute, but appeals to civic duty are certainly quite common, and it is hardly clear that there is something to be gained by reclassifying them as appeals to political obligation.