Problem of Political Authority (Huemer - paperback)

Author: Michael Huemer

ISBN: 9781137281654

Binding: paperback

Section: Political-Science

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.