Government today
Anarchists argue that government is never justified in its exercise of authority. Locke argues that government is legitimate so long as it restricts itself to protecting our natural rights. Hobbes argues that government has a much broader authority to secure peace, and keep people's natural selfish instincts in check.Which of the perspectives above do you agree with the most? Do you think your answer depends on what you think human nature is like (i..e. whether people are basically selfish or essentially good? Explain your answer on your blog.
I believe that a part of human nature does need to be ruled by some kind of government or leader for the community of some sort. I think that at times we may look at what another person has and people may be provoked by greed. I think some people morals may not allow them to do what is known in their minds or heart as wrong but, a lot of us are taught what is wrong through our religious views or teaching. Also a lot of people know what not to do by laws and guidelines.
With cars on the road, children who barely follow instructions from there parents and criminals how are we suppose to live a decent life if no one has the right to put criminals behind bars because they don’t feel what they did was wrong. I can see children getting less out of line when they obey every adult and when an adult sees them doing wrong they can correct that child but what adult who may take advantage of a child. In this day and age with all that we have I think it will be damn near impossible.
posted by Esther Dee @ 3:46 PM
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