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Deceth's Articles in Government

  • Is Power Evil?
    According to its definition, “power is the capacity to achieve what one wants. [In politics, this refers to] the social ability to induce others to do what one wants”(Dickerson & Flanagan, p.30). Power in itself is not evil, it merely creates the opportunity for evil to exist when self-interested individuals act irresponsibly in exercise of their power. It can therefore be argued that power is at the root of all evil, that those with power must be restrained in order to maintain peace, and ...

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