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

The state is often ascribed a special sort of authority, one that obliges citizens to obey its...
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Author: Michael Huemer
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Language: English
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The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey by Huemer, Michael

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

€230,38

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

€230,38
Author: Michael Huemer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Michael Huemer
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/29/2012
Pages: 365
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137281654

About the Author
Michael Huemer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, where he has worked since 1998. He is the author of Skepticism and the Veil of Perception and Ethical Intuitionism, as well as more than 40 articles in ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, and metaphysics.

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