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Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities (Hardcover)
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Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
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This book explores the metaphysics of political communities. It
discusses how and why a plurality of individuals becomes a
political unity, what principles or forces keep that unity
together, and what threats that unity can be faced with. In Part I,
the author justifies the need for the notion of substance in
metaphysics in general and in the metaphysics of politics in
particular. He spells out a moderately realist theory of substances
and of their principles of unity, which supports substantial
gradualism. Part II concerns action theory and the nature of
practical reason. The author claims that the acknowledgement of
reasons by agents is constitutive of action and that normativity
depends on the role of the good in the formation of reasons.
Finally, in Part III the author addresses the notion of political
community. He claims that the principle of unity of a political
community is its authority to give members of the community moral
reasons for action. This suggests a middle way between liberal
individualism and organicism, and the author demonstrates the
significance of this view by discussing current political issues
such as the role of religion in the public sphere and the political
significance of cultural identity. Authority and the Metaphysics of
Political Communities will be of interest to researchers and
advanced students working in social metaphysics, political
philosophy, philosophy of action, and philosophy of the social
sciences.
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