Governments Job
Essay by review • February 14, 2011 • Essay • 825 Words (4 Pages) • 1,005 Views
People and government do not have a moral obligation to help those businesses or people who do not have the qualities to succeed. The moral obligation of people is to the betterment of society in a technological and sociological standpoint. The most important objective of human society is to advance the ideas and knowledge of humans. Therefore, the most important thing the government can do is to provide a healthy environment for this advancement. The government can do this by setting down a basic set of ground rules so that there is healthy competition between businesses and people that force people and businesses to advance themselves in order to thrive in society.
By allowing businesses and people freedom to grow the government is encouraging creativity and growth. Anyone who wants to become successful in the society has to conform to the values of that society. In our American society intelligence, creativity, and a competitive spirit are what will get you to the top. By giving back to the society you live in by providing ideas that will help the people around you will allow one to advance in society. In order for those people that will benefit society by providing services that will make life better to succeed there must be those who do not succeed and who do the things that are seen as unsuccessful in our society. It is impossible to have everyone succeed because not everyone has the intelligence, creativity, or the competitive spirit. Government taking a laissez-faire approach allows the stratification of the people in society.
If a laissez-faire approach was not taken and every person was brought out of their "less fit" situation in order to become great there would be no more creativity, no more drive to succeed. If everyone in a society knew that no matter how hard they try, another person who is less qualified will succeed more than them because the government has fixed the system in this way it will dishearten the society and lower the standard for greatness. People should not be given things they do not deserve. In a laissez-faire society in order to earn a position of respect and standing one must earn it. Of course there are always the counter arguments of people being born into wealth and therefore born into power. However no one is simply born a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or architect. These are all jobs that one must work hard to succeed in obtaining their goal. For those who say it is unfair because some people don't have the intelligence or ability to become one of these things. That is why there is the opportunity in the united states to own a business or do some other kind of work that does not require a particular skill. This road is much more risky, but those who do not have the skills to become a doctor need to take
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