Political Authority, Moral Powers and the Intrinsic Value of Obedience
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 30 (1):179-191 (2010)
| Abstract | ��Three concepts—authority, obedience and obligation—are central to understanding law and political institutions. The three are also involved in the legitimation of the state: an apology for the state has to make a normative case for the state’s authority, for its right to command obedience, and for the citizen’s obligation to obey the state’s commands. Recent discussions manifest a cumulative scepticism about the apologist’s task. Getting clear about the three concepts is, of.. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,709 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesRobin S. Snell (1999). Obedience to Authority and Ethical Dilemmas in Hong Kong Companies. Business Ethics Quarterly 9 (3):507-526.
Andrés Rosler (2005). Political Authority and Obligation in Aristotle. Oxford University Press.
Abner Greene (2012). Against Obligation: The Multiple Sources of Authority in a Liberal Democracy. Harvard University Press.
Fabienne Peter, Political Legitimacy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Leslie Green (1990). The Authority of the State. Clarendon Press.
Philip Soper (2002). The Ethics of Deference: Learning From Law's Morals. Cambridge University Press.
William A. Edmundson (1998). Legitimate Authority Without Political Obligation. Law and Philosophy 17 (1):43 - 60.
Ruth C. A. Higgins (2004). The Moral Limits of Law: Obedience, Respect, and Legitimacy. Oxford University Press.
Kenneth R. Westphal (1992). Kant on the State, Law, and Obedience to Authority in the Alleged 'Anti-Revolutionary' Writings. Journal of Philosophical Research 17:383-426.
William A. Edmundson (2013). Politics in a State of Nature. Ratio Juris 26 (2):149-186.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2010-03-26Total downloads68 ( #12,971 of 550,854 )Recent downloads (6 months)2 ( #37,450 of 550,854 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
