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Werger, Peter Lloyd (2019)

Committed by Consent. Why Liberal Democracy Necessarily Entails a Primary Right to Secede

Master thesis | Philosophy (MA) (60 EC)
This thesis defends the claim that if one recognizes government authority as legitimate based on consent theory, one is committed to recognizing unilateral secession as a primary right. Following from this, it is argued that when western liberal democracies deny this right, they are inconsistent in applying the principles to which they have committed themselves.
Secession
Primary Right
Consent Theory
Liberalism
Liberal Democracy
Author
Werger, Peter Lloyd
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Philosophical Perspectives on Politics and the Economy
Supervisors
Mokrosinska, Dorota
ECTS Credits
20
Language
en