The phrase "authoritative commands" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is giving orders or directives that are expected to be followed due to their position of authority.
Example: "The manager issued authoritative commands to ensure that the project was completed on time."
Alternatives: "official directives" or "commanding orders".
On the other hand, many of the most infamous moral lapses in recent organizational history have involved individuals who were willing to follow authoritative commands rather than questioning their morality.
Other things have authority over us and the respect they are due includes acknowledgment of their authority and perhaps obedience to their authoritative commands.
Such a person would be violating his duty to act autonomously if he complies with authoritative commands on grounds that are independent of the content of the commands.
The problem is really only connected with the kinds of political authority that imply content independent duties to comply with authoritative commands.
Some have argued that authoritative commands simply give especially weighty content independent duties, which can be balanced against other duties (Shapiro 2002).
But now the instrumentalist could argue that obedience to the authoritative commands of the state may be necessary to acting justly in many instances.
These scenes are beautifully handled, and although Morgan Freeman is no Mandela lookalike, he gets just right that slight stoop, the rolling gait and the slow, decisive speech, and is soon in authoritative command of the movie.
Encompassing city planning as much as garden design, this panoramic study is impressive not only for its encyclopedic scope but also for the author's authoritative command of so much diverse material and for her lucid writing.
Taking account of Max's spotless, orderly Crown Victoria, and noting his authoritative command of the city's geography and traffic patterns, Vincent understands he is in the presence of a kindred spirit, a professional whose drive to be good at what he does is less an ambition than a reflex.
Here we must distinguish a duty that is owed to the authority and a duty that is merely the result of the authoritative command.
Instead of the subject trying to figure out exactly how much he owes and who to give it to by coordinating it with many other people, the authority simply takes over these tasks, determines what the subject has reason to do and expects the subject to take its authoritative command as a reason instead of the reasons that directly apply to the action.
