Michael Huemer makes the case that governments have no legitimate authority.

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Today’s book: Is Political Authority an Illusion? (Little Debates about Big Questions)

Michael Huemer’s recommendation: The Problem of Political Authority

Other books by Huemer

Mike’s web presence: Fake Noûs Blog, Personal Website, University Website

Other discussed books: The Property Species: Mine, Yours, and the Human Mind by Bart J. Wilson, and The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century by Walter Scheidel