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Simmons, A. J. (2002). Political Obligation and Authority. In The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy (pp. 17-37). Blackwell.
https://philpapers.org/s/A.%20John%20Simmons

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• TITLE: The Issue of Legitimacy of the Political Authority in Modern States

  AUTHORS: Neophitos Economides

  KEYWORDS: Legitimacy, Space of Justice, Space of Political Authority, Philosophical and Political Anarchism, Human Rights, Criterion of Legitimacy

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Political Science, Vol.14 No.3, July 10, 2024

  ABSTRACT: The paper examines the problem of the legitimacy of the political authority and provides an adequate response towards the arguments of the political and philosophical anarchism. The proposed definition of legitimacy encourages all people to take part in the political authority and treats all citizens with equality and justice. It is based on the protection of human rights and on the notion of mutual respect of any different view about every aspect of social life in the political community. The solution would be particularly attractive, as it provides a definition of legitimacy which helps to guide a particular authority towards its goal to be legitimate.