Up with Authority
Why We Need Authority to Flourish as Human Beings
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567020512
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 16/09/2010
A very topical contribution to the question of whether authority is needed and what it is good for. Authority is something we experience every day, but is it necessary? Most people think it is not, that we have authority only when there is some defect in us that authority is needed to fill in. While it is true that authority can be used to remedy human inadequacies, it has a higher and nobler function: to enable us to do more complex activities, to understand more of the world we live in and to transmit that understanding, to flourish in political communities, and ultimately to enjoy God. This book shows the human importance of authority.
Chapter 1: Introduction: We Can't Get Along Without It; Chapter 2: Authority and Freedom: Social Authority; Chapter 3: Authority and Truth: Epistemic Authority; Chapter 4: Authority and Power: Political Authority; Chapter 5: Authority and God: Ecclesial Authority; Chapter 6: Authority and Error: Disputed Authority; Chapter 7: Conclusion: Authority in Paradise.
'His account is in no way naive. Indeed, his reflections on how "we live with fallible authority" which would always be in season, are particularly timely just now.'--Sanford Lakoff