The dilemma of authority True crime

The dilemma of authority True crimeThe moral problem of authority is the challenge of reconciling legitimate authority (the right to rule) with the demands of freedom and rationality. In this book, it is argued that authority can have legitimacy, but when it does it generates a moral dilemma, where the obligation to obey comes at some cost to freedom and reason.

An important intervention in one of the most heated issues of recent decades

history of emotions research

develops norms of behaviour

the diptych

global warming

power plants

major research areas in sociology

structure and influence

One Member

but it also communicates a set of values

history and theory (post-colonial

The book engages with our desire to seek change in a world of increasing inequality