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Legitimate Power without Authority: The Transmission Model

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Some authors have argued that legitimacy without authority is possible, though their work has not found much uptake in mainstream political philosophy. I provide an improved model how legitimate political… Click to show full abstract

Some authors have argued that legitimacy without authority is possible, though their work has not found much uptake in mainstream political philosophy. I provide an improved model how legitimate political institutions without authority are possible, the Transmission Model , which I couple with a thin substantive position, the Moral Value View . I defend the model against three common objections.

Keywords: without authority; model; transmission model; philosophy

Journal Title: Law and Philosophy
Year Published: 2019

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