by Richard G. Brooke
non-fiction paperback, due for publication: Q1 2025
- Does government have a moral purpose, or should it simply act “pragmatically” as events unfold?
- If it has a purpose, what is it: health, safety, freedom, saving the planet, prosperity, helping the poor?
- Does that purpose change with each party that’s elected, or is there a purpose that transcends them?
- If a government has a moral purpose, should it try and impose that morality on its citizens?
- Does an emergency justify the suspension of freedom, in order to impose such a purpose? Was COVID-19 such an emergency?
- Should government censor media and the Internet to achieve its purpose?
- Can the government be sure that it has the best access to the truth?
- Are individuals capable of knowing what’s best for them or must the government intervene to ‘help’ them?
These questions and others will be answered in this searching and much needed analysis of the state’s role in our lives.
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