Kenneth Einar Himma

The Nature of Authority

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Element, The Nature of Authority theory explains the nature of authoritative guidance. It posits that authoritative tellings are given by personal beings, rationally competent beings, under a plausible claim of right, imposed by beings with power, create obligations, and are backed by a reasonable threat of detriment to deter noncompliance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 275g
• ISBN-13: 9781009507813
• ISBN-10: 1009507818
• Artikelnr.: 72106066

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Preliminary Considerations: 1. Introduction
2. The existence conditions of practical authority
3. Claims (1) through (7) and the sanctions thesis
4. The Razian theory of practical authority
Part II. The Existence Conditions of Practical Authority
5. The constitutive properties of authoritative tellings
6. Other candidates for constitutive properties of authoritative tellings
Part III. Claims (1) through (7) and the Sanctions Thesis: 7. Practical authority as telling people what to do
8. Practical authority as a source of reasons to comply
9. Practical authority as a personal relationship
10. Practical authority as rational
11. Practical authority as the power of will-imposition
12. Practical authority as grounded in a claim of right
13. Practical authority as giving rise to obligations
14. Must authoritative tellings create exclusionary reasons?
15. Objections - Of angels and emergency volunteers
Conclusions
Bibliography.