Government as Coercive Power and Its Limitation and Regulation by the Constitution as a Social Contract Based on Equality
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What distinguishes moral philosophy as it applies to political philosophy is that government is communal and it concerns primarily the use of coercive power. Taxation is essentially a coercive power. In addition, one of the purposes of government is to ensure social order and thus remove individuals from an escalating cycle of personal revenge. Government, in one view, can be considered a monopoly of coercive power (Weber [1921] 1964, 154). The problem then becomes not only the moral authority of government, but also the limitation and regulation of its coercive power.
Government as Coercive Power and Its Limitation and Regulation by the Constitution as a Social Contract Based on Equality
Government as Coercive Power and Its…
Government as Coercive Power and Its Limitation and Regulation by the Constitution as a Social Contract Based on Equality
What distinguishes moral philosophy as it applies to political philosophy is that government is communal and it concerns primarily the use of coercive power. Taxation is essentially a coercive power. In addition, one of the purposes of government is to ensure social order and thus remove individuals from an escalating cycle of personal revenge. Government, in one view, can be considered a monopoly of coercive power (Weber [1921] 1964, 154). The problem then becomes not only the moral authority of government, but also the limitation and regulation of its coercive power.