In agreement with Allen Rosen's analysis in Kant's Theory of Justice, I affirm the resolution that an oppressive government is more desirable than no government.

Before I continue, I'd like to define a few key terms in the resolution.

Oppressive is defined as unjust or difficult to bear.

Government is the exercise of authority in a political unit.

Desirable is defined as worth having or seeking as by being useful or advantageous.

Since the resolution asks us to evaluate the most desirable situation for humanity, my value premise is Individual Welfare. In order to achieve individual welfare, my criteria are 1) the preservation of social order and 2) the fulfillment of fundamental needs. The only way in which to ensure individual welfare is to maintain societal stability while at the same time protecting the individual.

My first contention is that an oppressive government is more desirable than no governmen

An absence of government does not mean the absence of power. It is the government that limits the power amasses by other institutions. These institution may be corporations, trade unions, churches or other voluntary affiliations, and there is no reason to assume that without government checks they could not become equally oppressive. Cohen rites of the "danger that small groups or agencies may be far more oppressive to the individual than governments." He makes the point that, "it is precisely because of the intolerable oppression by local and trade guild sovereignties in medieval society that the modern nation state was able to replace it. It is because the Kings' courts were able to deal out what was on the whole better justice that they were able to replace the church and vocational courts." A perfectly just state is on e that provides the greatest possible freedom for it's citizens, and Kant believes that considerations of self- interest must eventually compel rulers to allow ever increasing amount of personal freedom from their subjects. Whenever individuals are prevented from pursuing their own goals as they see fit, commerce suffers, the vitality of business is eroded, and ultimately the state's power in its external relations declines. Rulers, accordingly need only consult their own interests to see that they will profit from permitting greater civil freedom and therefore greater justice.

In conclusion, I remind you first that neither of the conditions is

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