Self-study
P1
Opponents of compulsory national service claim that such a program is not in keeping with the liberal principles upon which Western democracies are founded. ███
Other people's (OP) perspective ·
Compulsory national service goes against liberal principles
Analogy for OP's perspective ·
Income tax is undemocratic because it violates property rights
Critique of OP's perspective ·
Context of community is basis of individual rights
Community requires shared sacrifice.
Application of community context to taxes ·
Taxes justified for protection of society
Without taxes, there's no law enforcement, which would deprive society of communal benefit.
P2
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Application of community context to national service ·
Compulsory service justified for protection of society
Responsibility to defend one's nation against outside enemies is just as important as responsibility to pay taxes to support law enforcement.
P3
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Potential rebuttal by OP ·
Taxes and national service are not analogous
Coercion isn't required to get people to join the army, but is required to get people to pay taxes. And, proponents of national service extend compulsory duties to things beyond defending the nation.
P4
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Response to potential rebuttal ·
OP admits that state can demand service when needed
The issue becomes the scope of the "need." Everyone agrees that taxes are appropriate for things besides national defense. So where's the line between what activities are beneficial enough for compulsory service and what's not?
Support for compulsory national service ·
Broad conception of "need" is justified
Passage Style
Critique or debate
3.
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Unsupported. The author argues that the social agreement means that citizens’ individual liberties are sometimes limited by their responsibilities to others, not by others people’s pursuit of individual liberty.
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Unsupported. The author never suggests that community members have an agreement to petition the government when it interferes with their rights. Instead, he says that citizens’ individual rights are limited by their responsibility to other citizens and to the community as a whole.
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Unsupported. The social agreement is an agreement between community members, not between citizens and the government. Also, the author never mentions an agreement that determines when government actions infringe on citizens’ liberties.
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Unsupported. The social agreement is an agreement between community members, not between citizens and the government. Also, while the author argues that the government has the right to require national service when it’s needed for the benefit of society, he never suggests that the government has the right to suspend individual liberties “whenever it sees fit.”