The moral problem of authority is the challenge of reconciling legitimate authority (the right to rule) with the demands of freedom and rationality. In this book, it is argued that authority can have legitimacy, but when it does it generates a moral dilemma, where the obligation to obey comes at some cost to freedom and reason.  Meer

This book is both an exploration of Judith Shklar’s liberalism of fear and an examination of the proper role and limits of political theory. It advances a novel interpretation of Shklar’s mature work, one that emphasises its value monism.  Meer

Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (bipedalism, relative hairlessness, etc.), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates.  Meer