DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: Retributive Justice, Totalitarianism, Distributive Justice
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Class 3 - the state (22th may 2017) A problem: exactly which rights we actually have is (vehemently) disputed, though we can legitimate and sensibly argue/debate which rights we have, we cannot wait for agreement. Three major questions: what is the state, where does it get its legitimacy and authority from, the state"s right to coerce, duties to obey (and support) the state [that"s not a question, i know. But does he?: e. g. can you have a duty to do something just because the state tells you so? (content independent obligations) "a sovereign political community organized under a distinct government recognized and conformed to by the people as supreme, and having jurisdiction over a given territory" - webster"s. "a human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory" - weber [not webster"s] "without justice what is an empire but large scale brigandage?"
