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Morality appears to claim objective authority: it claims to be inescapably authoritative in guiding our actions, irrespective of our varying ends and attitudes, and transcending the local authority of human social institutions. On reflection, morality’s special authority appears mysterious, and we may suspect it is illusory. The Mystery of Moral Authority will scrutinize morality’s claims to objective authority over how we should live, act, and speak.
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Blackford, R. (2016). Introduction and Overview. In: The Mystery of Moral Authority. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137562708_1
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