Is Government Supererogation Possible?
posted by Bietz on October 17th, 2008
When the government provides for these things, it may be engaging in what we can call government supererogation. Which acts we’d label as examples of government supererogation will depend on which theories of justice and goodness we accept. While there is disagreement over these theories, and thus disagreement over which specific acts are supererogatory, I believe most people would identify some acts as fitting into the category. Taken together, these acts may consume a substantial amount of public resources and attention.
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Posted from: 147.70.32.3
October 22nd, 2008 07:39
tl;dr: Governmental responsibilities aren’t limited to justice. If providing some sort of utility for its citizens is considered supererogatory, then… I suppose it’s possible.
Posted from: 202.69.42.7
October 27th, 2008 13:20
I agree to Jose Medina. It is not justice that government has to taken care of , its just everything and well, anything as well. It’s government responsibility to do it all.