Authority and Reasons: Exclusionary and Second Personal

Political Authority, Practical Identity, and Binding Citizens

“…11 Buchanan's view is very similar to Darwall's critique of Raz on this point. See Darwall (2010) and Raz (2010) for their back and forth. 12 Another possible objection here is that if obligation must be owed to someone then states in fact cannot have political authority since we cannot owe obligations to abstract, impersonal entities.…”

Defaulting on Reasons

“…Exclusionary reasons are reasons that exclude other reasons (Raz , 1990, Alexander , Greenspan , Darwall ). These are important theoretically as well as practically.…”

Authority, Nationality, and Minorities

“…Joseph Raz's theory of authority has been described as “the richest and most fertile account we have” (Waldron , 69). After several decades, the theory continues to stimulate debate (see, e.g., Darwall ; Hershovitz ; Martin ; Rundle ). As it happens, Raz's work also helps to illuminate the implications of nationality for political authority (although this aspect of his theory is usually overlooked).…”