dc.contributor.author | Mikalsen, Kjartan Koch | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-10T08:45:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-10T08:45:24Z | |
dc.date.created | 2024-05-08T11:44:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2194-5616 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3129869 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, I take issue with Arthur Isak Applbaum’s power-liability view of political legitimacy. In contrast to the traditional view that legitimate rule entails a moral duty to obey, here called the right-duty view, Applbaum argues that political legitimacy is a moral power that entails moral liability for the subjects of political rule. According to Applbaum, the power-liability view helps us explain how responsible citizens in some cases can act contrary to law while still recognizing the claims of law. Against Applbaum’s attempt at establishing the power-liability view through conceptual analysis, I argue that we cannot specify the moral implications of de jure legitimacy without considering the moral argument that justifies the right to rule. I further argue that Applbaum’s normative account of political legitimacy implies commitment to a normative idea that forms the basis of a strong case in favor of the right-duty view. Finally, I argue that the present defense of the right-duty view has resources to account for the moral phenomena that prompt Applbaum’s advocacy of the power-liability view. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter) | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Political Legitimacy: What’s Wrong with the Power-Liability View? | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Political Legitimacy: What’s Wrong with the Power-Liability View? | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 29-50 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 11 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Moral Philosophy and Politics | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1515/mopp-2023-0030 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2267159 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | postprint | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |