Philosophy

If you value gaining a better understanding of yourself and the world, and of the life that is best for you, then philosophy is most likely worth a few hours of your time. Philosophy is concerned with the justification of our most basic beliefs and the analysis of the concepts making up these beliefs. Some of these beliefs are highly relevant not just to how we understand ourselves and the world around us, but also to how we should act in this world. Philosophy pursues questions rather than answers. What is the justification of the government’s authority? The government may have the power and the force to rule its people, but not every ruler or use of force is legitimate. So, what makes the government be in power? This issue is considered a fundamental one. If the government isn’t legitimate than all other issues about the proper rule of government and our relationship to it do not arise. Thomas Hobbes, writer of the book Leviathan, imagined what life would be like if we didn’t have a government (state of nature). Without a government to maintain order and regulate human interactions, this will be an all for all situations. Each person would do whatever he or she would or could get away with. Hobbes concluded that human life without government would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” As most like me do agree that what Thomas Hobbes said is pretty much true but do the government have to be in our personal lives? Yes, the government does have to be a part of our personal lives. Take colleges students whom depend on the government to pay for their school. With the high costs of school and technology that makes it impossible to attend any college or university to fulfill their mission requires the support of the local, state, and federal government. In the painting titled “Government Bureau” by George Tooker, it appears as if the government itself. The government is nameless, forbidding, impersonal powers whom control our lives. The government