03661nam 22006735 450 991062728390332120230810180350.09783031168833(electronic bk.)978303116882610.1007/978-3-031-16883-3(MiAaPQ)EBC7129838(Au-PeEL)EBL7129838(CKB)25299550900041(DE-He213)978-3-031-16883-3(EXLCZ)992529955090004120221031d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCoercion, Authority and Democracy Towards an Apolitical Order /by Grahame Booker1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2022.1 online resource (306 pages)Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism,2662-6489Print version: Booker, Grahame Coercion, Authority and Democracy Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031168826 1. Introduction -- 2. Coercion -- 3. Authority -- 4. Democracy -- 5. The non-fallacy of anarchism -- 6. Conclusion.Classical liberalism has typically sought to maintain as much room as possible for the exercise of personal initiative in the face of the encroachment of states. This book explores these questions of coercion and authority in the context of the size and scope of the state and argues that the state and its agents should be held to the same moral rules as are the individuals it rules over. The book considers how a distinct feature of the state is its police or coercive power, about which one may ask how the state acquires it and what if anything would justify its use. It considers the implication that there is nothing inherent about state agents that entitles one to behave in ways that we would not accept from a private actor, and how once that argument is made, the state’s claim to authority is weakened. The author also discusses the extent to which democracy has been thought to provide any sort of justification for coercion or authority. This book will be of interest to academics and students of political philosophy, especially classical liberalism, and legal philosophy. Grahame Booker is an independent researcher. He completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Canada and was Adjunct Assistant Professor in Political Philosophy. He has published in the International Journal of Prices and Markets and been a reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Philosophy and the Journal of Libertarian Studies.Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism,2662-6489EconomicsFinance, PublicPolitical sciencePolitical sciencePhilosophyLaw and economicsEconomicsPublic EconomicsPolitical TheoryPolitical PhilosophyLaw and EconomicsEconomics.Finance, Public.Political science.Political sciencePhilosophy.Law and economics.Economics.Public Economics.Political Theory.Political Philosophy.Law and Economics.340.1320.1Booker Grahame1267022MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910627283903321Coercion, Authority and Democracy2978889UNINA