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

Huemer, Michael

ISBN 10: 1137281650 / ISBN 13: 9781137281654

Published by AIAA 2012-12, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
• Publisher: AIAA 2012-12
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137281650
• ISBN 13: 9781137281654
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

MICHAEL HUEMER received his BA from UC Berkeley in 1992 and his PhD from Rutgers University in 1998. He is presently professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the author of more than 50 academic articles in ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, and metaphysics, as well as three brilliant and fascinating books that everyone should buy: Skepticism and the Veil of Perception (2001), Ethical Intuitionism (2005), and The Problem of Political Authority (2013).