I now have a deeper reflection on the "first political question" raised by Williams. I want to explore further the two levels of the legitimacy dimension of power:
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The normativity of the practice of power
- Moral normativity
- Epistemic normativity
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Legitimacy beyond particular exercises of power
- Moral legitimacy
- Epistemic legitimacy
This distinction reveals that the legitimacy of power involves both normative requirements at the level of practice, and a meta-normative dimension for judging the legitimacy of power itself.