The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey

Type

Book

Authors

Michael Huemer

ISBN 10

1137281650

ISBN 13

9781137281654

Tags

Political, Social Philosophy, Anarchism, History & Theory, Philosophy, Political History, Political Ideologies

Description

The state is often ascribed a special sort of authority, one that obliges citizens to obey its commands and entitles the state to enforce those commands through threats of violence. This book argues that this notion is a moral illusion: no one has ever possessed that sort of authority. - from Amzon

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