On the Concept of Authority in Political Philosophy.

Friedman, R. B. (1990). On the Concept of Authority in Political Philosophy. Authority.

Type

Book chapter

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1990

Link

https://nyupress.org/9780814774083/authority/

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sociology_anthropology

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• Authority
  • Authority encourages thinking about decision rights as structural features separable from the competence, virtue, or popularity of individual office-holders, a stance Friedman (1990) defends through the distinction between being an authority (epistemic standing) and being in authority (positional decision-right).

    This sourceDistinguishes being an authority (epistemic standing — superior knowledge or skill) from being in authority (positional decision-right); analyzes how positional authority can hold independently of, and erode when divorced from, competence, legitimacy, or recognized scope.

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