The Paradox of Government: Explaining the Life and Death of a State

According to Searle (2010), the existence of a State brings a paradox with it. On one side, since a State is a social object, its existence seems to imply the existence of a collective acceptance towards it; on the other side, the existence of this collective acceptance seems to be granted only by...

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Autor principal:	Daniela Taglia
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Publicado:	Rosenberg & Sellier 2016
Materias:	government collective intentionality principle of efficacy Aesthetics BH1-301 Ethics BJ1-1725
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:04dadb2b8fef4e1ea5f3b66f9cdf97872021-12-02T10:07:09ZThe Paradox of Government: Explaining the Life and Death of a State10.13128/Phe_Mi-196262280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/04dadb2b8fef4e1ea5f3b66f9cdf97872016-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7073https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 According to Searle (2010), the existence of a State brings a paradox with it. On one side, since a State is a social object, its existence seems to imply the existence of a collective acceptance towards it; on the other side, the existence of this collective acceptance seems to be granted only by the existence of a State that is capable to exercise violence – if needed – on its citizens by means of the military and the police. This implies a contradiction for, if the existence of a government should in principle rely on the free and voluntary acceptance of a certain social system, at the same time it seems that this acceptance derives only from the exercise of brute force, and thus it is all but voluntarily. I will argue that this paradox can be solved only if we distinguish two different notions of collective acceptance: one that can be individuated at the level of natural facts, the other at the level of social – and, more precisely, institutional – facts. Daniela TagliaRosenberg & Sellierarticlegovernmentcollective intentionalityprinciple of efficacyAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 2 (2016)
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description	According to Searle (2010), the existence of a State brings a paradox with it. On one side, since a State is a social object, its existence seems to imply the existence of a collective acceptance towards it; on the other side, the existence of this collective acceptance seems to be granted only by the existence of a State that is capable to exercise violence – if needed – on its citizens by means of the military and the police. This implies a contradiction for, if the existence of a government should in principle rely on the free and voluntary acceptance of a certain social system, at the same time it seems that this acceptance derives only from the exercise of brute force, and thus it is all but voluntarily. I will argue that this paradox can be solved only if we distinguish two different notions of collective acceptance: one that can be individuated at the level of natural facts, the other at the level of social – and, more precisely, institutional – facts.
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The Paradox of Government: Explaining the Life and Death of a State

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