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S/P/574. Does a conflict between authority and autonomy threaten the legitimacy of government, and if so, how can it best be resolved?

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2350
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2011
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The paper looks at the conflict between the authority of the state and man’s inherent duty to be morally autonomous reviewing the ideas of Robert Paul Wolff expressed in his ‘In Defence of Anarchism’. Wolff’s solutions to the conflict between authority and autonomy are discussed with references to international politics.

 

KEYWORDS: authority and autonomy, legitimacy of government, Wolff,