Ep. 47: The Problem of Political Authority (with Michael Huemer)
Channel: Libertarianism.org
Date: 2014-09-12

Michael Huemer joins us this week for a discussion on political authority. He claims that if normal people acted like governments do, we would generally be horrified and find their behavior morally contemptible...so why do most people intuitively feel that government is justified in its actions? Professor Huemer, Aaron Powell, and Trevor Burrus tackle problems of political obligation, political legitimacy, and political authority, and explain the differences between each of these terms.

Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He writes about on philosophical skepticism, the problem of induction, ethical intuitionism, free will, and deontological ethics, and has taught courses in ethics, social philosophy, logic, epistemology, philosophy of science, and metaphysics.

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