Monday 2nd September - 05:20 PM BST
Opening Interview: Authority and Anarchism
Do we have a duty to obey the law?
We are taught from a young age that we have an obligation to obey the law. We must stop at red lights, pay our taxes, and much more -- perhaps for several reasons, but certainly in part because these actions are required by law.
Philosophical anarchists like Michael Huemer disagree. According to Huemer, we do not have an obligation, moral or otherwise, to obey the law, and we should be anarchists instead. Join Huemer as he discusses the duty to follow the law and the ethics of anarchism.
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Michael Huemer
Leading moral realist
Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than eighty academic articles in epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy, and he has written several books including Ethical Intuitionism. Huemer is also known for his detailed defence of philosophical anarchism in his book The Problem of Political Authority.