Essays on Authority

1.The Underlying Likeness among the Concepts of Legitimacy, Sovereignty, and Authority. Legitimacy: The original meaning of legitimacy is the rightful king or queen was on the throne by reason of “legitimate” birth. Legitimacy now refers to an attitude in people’s minds – in some countries strong, in others weak – that the government’s rule is…

The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority. Originated from Ancient Greece, modern civilization tends to glorify democracy over authoritarianism. Thus, people are drawn to express their opinion about the way their rulers lead their societies. While questioning authority could be regarded as confusing and dangerous for a countrys…

Where material is presented in the form of files saved on a floppy disk, names of the relevant filesIntroduction Lakes, water reservoirs and streams are the most valuable source of drinking water for the earth’s population. The lives of many people depend on both natural lakes and artificial reservoirs, which provide drinking water and water for…

To explore the relationship between increased power or social status and a person’s likelihood to conform, forty high school students (5 boys and 5 girls from each grade level: freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors) will be taken one at a time into a room with five confederates (classmates who are considered by their peers to…

ABSTRACT There are many types of authority in which we must abide by.  Sometimes our actions from the past will determine the authority in which we are under.  A set pattern of what we do in relation to even the smallest favor or agreement of paying the monthly bills can be associated to an authority…

In the Investiture Controversy, Pope Gregory VII claimed that only a pope can invest bishops, that is put them in office.  Henry IV insisted he had this power in his German kingdom. Named pope in 1073, Gregory wanted to reform the Church, freeing it form secular interference.  From the outset, Gregory defied Henry.  Previous popes had…

The Chicago Housing Authority ( CHA ) was organized in 1937 to supply impermanent lodging for those people whose incomes were deficient to obtain nice, safe and healthful homes in the private market ( Basics 1 ). Over clip, the impression of “impermanent” lodging became lost, and coevalss upon coevalss of low-income households came to…

Assuming a leadership position is one of the most important leadership situations you’ll face as an NCO. Everything discussed in FM 6-22 (22-100) about what you must be, know and do is relevant to your success of assuming a leadership position. When assuming a leadership position, there are some things to think about and learn…

“Authority and power are two different things: power is the force using which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the right to direct and command, to be listened to or obeyed by others. Authority requests power. Power without authority is tyranny.” – JACQUES MARITAIN, “The Democratic Charter,” Man and the State. There…

The authority of an agent refers to the actions they are permitted or authorized to take on behalf of their principal, actions that will legally bind the principal. Generally, the principal is only bound by the agent’s actions if they are within the agent’s authority. There are two types of authority that an agent may…