2020-01-21
23 分钟Hello.
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So obviously there are a lot of different problems political philosophers were faced with throughout the 20th century,
and we've talked about most of them so far,
but one of the biggest ones we haven't talked about yet,
specifically for political philosophers in the mid to late 20th century.
One of the biggest questions facing them was this, when we are hit with problems,
big problems that we need to solve collectively as a society,
should the state or the government be the primary tool that we use to solve those problems?
How much responsibility is wise to give to the government?
Does the government solve the problems of a society in the best manner possible?
Or does giving the government more responsibilities to deal with create more problems than it's worth?
Another important question to consider about all this when it comes to this episode in particular,
when you progressively give the government more jobs to do and more outcomes to guarantee for people,
when you have a big, powerful government with a democracy behind it feeding it tasks to complete,
does a big government plus a democracy always equal a tyranny of the majority?
And as citizens that don't necessarily agree with the majority or the people currently holding political office,
do those citizens just need to resign themselves to paying into a tax pool that funds all the things they don't agree with?