Why do we need a State? Justifying coercion

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Main Author: Fontana Filho, Maurício
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Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2020
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author Fontana Filho, Maurício
author_facet Fontana Filho, Maurício
contents <p>The State is no more than a gag for making harmless this carnivorous animal<br>that is man, and giving him the aspect of an herbivorous creature. Man, internally, is<br>a savage animal, a beast. If that is the case, the State represents a barrier that stops<br>man from harming himself and others. In such a view, the State is a blessing, a savior.<br>When the aim is protecting the people, dictating values, suspending representativeness and intervening into the markets tend to be viable options in order as to accomplish homogeneity and increase security.<br>Protection takes many forms, and it is the goal of this article to explore them.<br>Why do we need a State? Is the received protection worth losing individual liberty?<br>The investigation has as its method the hypothetical-deductive, and makes use of the<br>technic of bibliographical research as a way to analyze the figure of the State and the<br>rationalizations that are behind it. The initial hypothesis points the State as an institution produced by human fears and taking different forms as these fears diverge. This<br>analysis has as its focus understanding what State action really entails.</p>
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spellingShingle Why do we need a State? Justifying coercion
Fontana Filho, Maurício
state theory
welfare state theory
libertarian state
political theory
concept of state
<p>The State is no more than a gag for making harmless this carnivorous animal<br>that is man, and giving him the aspect of an herbivorous creature. Man, internally, is<br>a savage animal, a beast. If that is the case, the State represents a barrier that stops<br>man from harming himself and others. In such a view, the State is a blessing, a savior.<br>When the aim is protecting the people, dictating values, suspending representativeness and intervening into the markets tend to be viable options in order as to accomplish homogeneity and increase security.<br>Protection takes many forms, and it is the goal of this article to explore them.<br>Why do we need a State? Is the received protection worth losing individual liberty?<br>The investigation has as its method the hypothetical-deductive, and makes use of the<br>technic of bibliographical research as a way to analyze the figure of the State and the<br>rationalizations that are behind it. The initial hypothesis points the State as an institution produced by human fears and taking different forms as these fears diverge. This<br>analysis has as its focus understanding what State action really entails.</p>
title Why do we need a State? Justifying coercion
topic state theory
welfare state theory
libertarian state
political theory
concept of state
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17642664