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

by Michael Huemer

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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.
  • ISBN13 9781137281647
  • Publish Date 29 October 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 365
  • Language English