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Other people will always affect you. That doesn't give you the right to govern them.
by gozur88 10y ago
Other people will always affect you. That doesn't give you the right to govern them.
- otterley 10y agoOn the contrary, that's exactly why we have government in the first place -- because the alternative is war. For a primer on the philosophical reasons behind government, I recommend _Leviathan_ (1651) by Thomas Hobbes.
- gozur88 10y agoWell, okay. But the result of one group of people being governed by another is also war. We have different levels of government for a reason. EDIT: To other points occur to me: 1) I've never found Hobbes very compelling. And 2) If "these other people affect me" is your (not you you, but the general you) idea of a casus belli, you will perpetually be at war no matter how large or small your government.