Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities de Anna Gabriele
Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities de Anna Gabriele This book explores the metaphysics of political communities. He spells out a moderately realist theory of substances and of…
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Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities de Anna Gabriele
This book explores the metaphysics of political communities. He spells out a moderately realist theory of substances and of their principles of unity, which supports substantial gradualism. It discusses how and why a plurality of individuals becomes a political unity, what principles or forces keep that unity together, and what threats that unity can be faced with.In Part I, the author justifies the need for the notion of substance in metaphysics in general and in the metaphysics of politics in particular.
The author claims that the acknowledgement of reasons by agents is constitutive of action and that normativity depends on the role of the good in the formation of reasons. Part II concerns action theory and the nature of practical reason. Finally, in Part III the author addresses the notion of political community.
He claims that the principle of unity of a political