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Ishmael. U. Gwunireama
University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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State Power and the Common Good: A Critical Appraisal Of Robert Nozick’s Conception of the Minimal State Ishmael. U. Gwunireama; Tamunosiki Victor Ogan
Jurnal Sosialisasi: Jurnal Hasil Pemikiran, Penelitian dan Pengembangan Keilmuan Sosiologi Pendidikan Volume 9, Nomor 1, Maret 2022
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/sosialisasi.v1i1.33906

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Nigeria’s political leaders either do not understand the ends of the state or have derailed from them—the common good. As a result of this gap, they have resorted to breaches of the covenants under the social contract in pursuit of self-aggrandizements. What is more, the state rather monopolises coercive power and then proceeds to use this power arbitrarily, thereby violating the rights of citizens. It is in reaction to this that Robert Nozick proposed the minimal state as a paradigm for ensuring the common good and protecting the rights of citizens. The minimal state functions as a right watch man with the powers necessary to protect citizens. State power is a means to enhance the common good. It is the contention of this work that Nozick’s idea of anarchy appears utopian and betrays the hallowed principle of the rule of law in a democratic society. However, it is a directive framework to emphasise that the state exists to promote the common good of citizens and not for the personal aggrandisement of the custodians of the covenant that birthed the state.
Co-Authors Tamunosiki Victor Ogan