Michael Huemer

Författare till The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey

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Michael Huemer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of more than 70 academic articles in ethics, metaphysics, political philosophy, and epistemology, as well as five other books: Skepticism and the Veil of Perception (2001), Ethical Intuitionism visa mer (2005), The Problem of Political Authority (2012), Approaching Infinity (2016), and Paradox Lost (2018). visa färre

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The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey (2012) 118 exemplar

Epistemology: Contemporary Readings (2002) 93 exemplar

Ethical Intuitionism (2005) 39 exemplar

Skepticism and the Veil of Perception (Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory) (2001) 30 exemplar

Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy (2021) 14 exemplar

Paradox Lost: Logical Solutions to Ten Puzzles of Philosophy (2018) 9 exemplar

Approaching Infinity (1618) 9 exemplar

Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism (2019) 3 exemplar

Is Political Authority an Illusion? (Little Debates about Big Questions) (2021) 3 exemplar

Justice before the Law (2021) 1 exemplar

Understanding Knowledge 1 exemplar

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A Debate on God and Morality (2020) — Bidragsgivare — 8 exemplar

The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy (2018) — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar

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Kön: male
Utbildning: Rutgers University (Ph.D. | 1998)
Yrken: professor of philosophy
Organisationer: University of Colorado at Boulder

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The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination… av Michael Huemer

First half of the book explains why the author thinks that there is no moral justification for government. Second half of the book explains how a society without government could function. Some of this is intriguing, some is obvious, some impractical. The second half of the book sketches how 'law and order' might work without government, and why a military might not be necessary, but there's not even the briefest attempt to explain how things like roads and water supplies would be dealt with. Some is explained clearly with good thought experiments, but much of it is repetitive and humorless. Anyway, moral or not, government isn't going anywhere within our lifetimes, or within the lifetimes of our great-grandchildren either. So I guess I'm a bit more interested in what can be done to improve government.… (mer)

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steve02476 | 1 annan recension | Jan 3, 2023 |

The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination… av Michael Huemer

One of the better arguments in favor anarcho capitalism. I remain unconvinced but what Huemer does particularly well is challenge the authority of the state as it exists now, and responding to arguments in defense of that authority.
Clear language is always a plus.

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SeekingApatheia | 1 annan recension | Apr 13, 2021 |