Is Government Supererogation Possible?

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23201307
AutoresJustin Weinberg (University of South Carolina, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume92
Fascículo2
Páginas263-281
Data de publicação2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPacific philosophical quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0279-0750 • E-ISSN: 1468-0114
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-0114.2011.01392.x
OpenAlexW2169573543
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas20

Governments are subject to the requirements of justice, yet often seem to go above and beyond what justice requires in order to act in ways many people think are good. These kinds of acts – examples of which include putting on celebrations, providing grants to poets, and preserving historic architecture – appear to be acts of government supererogation. In this paper, I argue that a common view about the relationship between government, coercion, and justice implies that most such acts are not supererogatory, but wrong. Many will find that conclusion unattractive, but rejecting the common view that implies it raises problems, too.

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