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    Political Reasons and the Limits of Political Authority
    Legal Theory 29 (1): 63-88. 2023.
    Authority is a normative power to create duties in others. The most plausible accounts of this general power relate it to existing reasons the subjects of authority have with which authoritative directives can help them comply. Such accounts lead some theorists to ascribe a morally ambitious function to political institutions. This article argues against such theories. It defends political authority as a modest normative power, constrained by the type of reasons with which it can help its subjec…Read more
  • Book Review (review)
    Law and Philosophy 34 (6): 699-708. 2015.