Year: 2022
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The service conception of authority is based on three key theses.First, the ultimate goal of authority is to improve the way we act for reasons (hence service conception), which means that the directives that authority gives to its subjects are dependent on reasons that subjects already have-the dependence thesis.Second, subjects' submission to authority is only justified when they would do better by following authoritative directives rather than trying to act on their own-the normal justification thesis.Finally, and for my dissertation most importantly, authoritative directives may only improve subjects' compliance with reasons if subjects accept them pre-emptively and replace their considerations on reasons with these directives.This is the pre-emption thesis.12
Author: Kostiantyn Gorobets
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4205317023