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"the argument of this book strives to rehabilitate the traditionalist affirmation of the value of freedom. but it accepts the revisionist arguments against both the presumption of liberty and the simple principle, as well as their critique of linguistic analysis.
in some ways my proposed defense of the traditional belief in the value of freedom is based on a radical departure from some historically central liberal doctrines."
i just have such a soft spot in my heart for people who throw away all of the intellectual scaffolding that would regularly arrive at their conclusions
good analysis that authority is not merely defacto authority, there is some normative justificatory core to the concept, whether or not that project succeeds is a separate question
this discussion of love is unexpected but not unwelcome, the connection to inspirational models of authority is clever
"the case for the validity of a claim to authority must include justificatory considerations sufficient to outweigh counter-reasons. that is one reason why the case is hard to make.
but if anarchists are right to think that it can never be made, this is for contingent reasons and not because of any inconsistency in the notion of a rational justification for authority, nor in the notion of authority over moral agents"
for my brand of anarchism this is no real objection at all because thats not the kind of claim against authority i make, but for philosophical anarchism (a la robert paul wolff) it is a more pressing issue. i think it probably doesn't take the deontic considerations clearly enough
on their own terms and would require more elaboration, but i'm not too bothered about it since its mostly in passing and furnishes his view nicely