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Nature of Government

Nature of Government. Government is defined as the legitimate use of force, including imprisonment and execution, to control human behavior Citizens surrender freedoms for benefits of Government. Why Have Government?. What would it be like to live in a society without government ?

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Nature of Government

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  1. Nature of Government • Governmentis defined as the legitimate use of force, including imprisonment and execution, to control human behavior • Citizens surrender freedoms for benefits of Government

  2. Why Have Government? • What would it be like to live in a society without government? Laws Police Courts

  3. Purposes of Government Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher, 1599-1679 Author of Leviathan The natural state of man is war Why does Government exist?

  4. Hobbes and Leviathan • According to Hobbes, man has a self-interested and materialistic desire to end war • Hobbes argued for a single ruler, even an authoritarian one, to maintain order

  5. Purposes of Government • John Locke, 1632-1704 • Argued that government exists to protect “life, liberty, and property” • Optimistic • Believed humans enjoyed certain inalienable rights • Humans entered into a social contract with Government

  6. Purposes of Government • Karl Marx, German philosopher, 1818-1883 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsSLvbwFZh4

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