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

Huemer, M.

 
9781137281654: The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1137281650 ISBN 13 : 9781137281654
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1137281650
ISBN 13 
9781137281654
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
396
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