succeed in ruling out the possibility that managerial authority is best understood as promissory in its basis, in which case … that even if we accept McMahon’s account of the nature of managerial authority, the conclusion for the democratic … exercise of that authority by workers at the level of individual economic enterprises does not follow. In the end, I argue that …

Although McMahon offers a potentially valuable extension of Joseph Raz's conceptualization of authority by … distinguishing three different kinds of authority, this paper argues, first, that his account of the conditions and considerations … that would justify managerial authority is problematic because it relies on a conception of reasons for action that …

This paper offers a sympathetic critique of Christopher McMahon’s Authority and Democracy: A General Theory of … authority. Third, I raise questions about his reliance on an analogy between states and firms. I suggest that states and firms …