Question

What is authority?

Answer 1

Hi,

Answer: B. The ability to control the actions of others

My work: Your answer would be B. The ability to control the actions of others, because Authority is defined as; the power to give orders over another. Your answer could also be A. But to bring it down to one it would be B. Because Power that is recognized as legitimate would be The Army, government, principle would all be examples!

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Answer 2

The correct answer is A) Power that is recognized as legitimate

Authority is the power that is recognized as legitimate.

It is the right to give orders and enforce them. It is the faculty to make decisions and enforce action. Authority can be exerted by the people who have gained the right to do so. Legitimately. If that is not the case, then authority turns into tyranny that oppresses. A leader always has to exert its authority by example, not by coercion.