PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mikhail Bakunin
17 Mar 2018
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Real anarchists deny that the state can have legitimate authority. Reject idea of standing duty to obey state rules. Should not have a state in the first place. When you give people power, they will most likely always use it to make their lives better, even if it means that it will make the lives of other people around them worse. Incredible positions, which are designed to be used or selfish reasons, thus, the rulers use that power for corrupt reasons instead of what it is supposed to be used for, which would be for the community. Anybody that has power is likely already corrupt. It is our autonomy that make human beings special. The pri(cid:373)ar(cid:455) o(cid:271)ligatio(cid:374) of (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s auto(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455), the refusal to (cid:271)e ruled. It (cid:449)ould seem, then, that there can be no resolution of the conflict between the autonomy of the individual and the putative authority of the state.
