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

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Analytical Contents Preface PART I:THE ILLUSION OF AUTHORITY The Problem of Political Authority The Traditional Social Contract Theory The Hypothetical Social Contract Theory The Authority of Democracy Consequentialism and Fairness The Psychology of Authority What If There Is No Authority? PART II: SOCIETY WITHOUT AUTHORITY Evaluating Social Theories The Logic of Predation Individual Security in a Stateless Society Criminal Justice and Dispute Resolution War and Societal Defense From Democracy to Anarchy References Index

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Analytical Contents Preface PART I:THE ILLUSION OF AUTHORITY The Problem of Political Authority The Traditional Social Contract Theory The Hypothetical Social Contract Theory The Authority of Democracy Consequentialism and Fairness The Psychology of Authority What If There Is No Authority? PART II: SOCIETY WITHOUT AUTHORITY Evaluating Social Theories The Logic of Predation Individual Security in a Stateless Society Criminal Justice and Dispute Resolution War and Societal Defense From Democracy to Anarchy References Index

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• Authors: M. Huemer, Michael Huemer, Michael (Universityn of Boulder Huemer, HUEMER MICHAEL UNIVERSITYN OF BO
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.2012
• EAN: 9781137281647
• ISBN: 978-1-137-28164-7
• No. of pages: 393
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, History: specific events & topics, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Political History, Social Philosophy, World Politics, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, democracy;logic;morality;violence