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In Our Time: Philosophy

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Why Do People Owe?

Weber wanted to know why do people obey, in a legitimate way. And he broke that down into three different answers - tradition, rules and extraordinary powers of the individual. He sees it as a timeless phenomenon which goes back really as far as written history. David bell: Can you give us some early examples?

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