Greene, AR;
(2017)
Legitimacy without Liberalism: A Defense of Max Weber’s Standard of Political Legitimacy.
Analyse & Kritik
, 39
(2)
pp. 295-324.
10.1515/auk-2017-0017.
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Abstract
In this paper I defend Max Weber's concept of political legitimacy as a standard for the moral evaluation of states. On this view, a state is legitimate when its subjects regard it as having a valid claim to exercise power and authority. Weber’s analysis of legitimacy is often assumed to be merely descriptive, but I argue that Weberian legitimacy has moral significance because it indicates that political stability has been secured on the basis of civic alignment. Stability on this basis enables all the goods of peaceful cooperation with minimal state violence and intimidation, thereby guarding against alienation and tyranny. Furthermore, I argue, since Weberian legitimacy is empirically measurable in terms that avoid controversial value judgments, its adoption would bridge a longstanding divide between philosophers and social scientists
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Legitimacy without Liberalism: A Defense of Max Weber’s Standard of Political Legitimacy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1515/auk-2017-0017 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2017-0017 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10040262 |
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