Assertion: political authority | /r/HasProperty | legitimate
Facets:
value: generally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: When is political authority legitimate?
text: Few theorists after Thomas Hobbes and David Hume have argued that there is a general duty to obey the law or that political authority is generally legitimate (Hobbes 1668; Hume 1965).
text: It states that a political authority is legitimate only if it has the consent of those who are subject to its commands.