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The Problem of Political Authority

The Problem of Political Authority

An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey

by Michael Huemer
Hardback
Publication Date: 29/10/2012

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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.
ISBN:
9781137281647
9781137281647
Category:
Social & political philosophy
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
29-10-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
365
Dimensions (mm):
216x140x27mm
Weight:
5.96kg

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