The Power Of Power: The Importance Of Political Power

Power is one of the key concepts in the great Western tradition. It is at the same time, a concept on analytical levels, and a notable lack of agreement. It is the ability to influence or control the behavior of people. With a political power, you have the ability, an ability held by individuals and groups in a society that allows them to create policies. Political power controls political behavior of others, to lead and guide their behavior in the direction desired. But can power also mean having a sense of liberty? Liberty is the independence and freedom from physical restraint and force. It is also a concept that protects all individuals, frees man, and protects the state. These are significant topics, so what is the relationship between

A mean: A sentence of death imposed on a convicted criminal, called laws with penalties of death. Ends are: The power to control and maintain the property for social good and defend group with common interests’ from enemies. The basic fact of political power is wisdom, a kind of authoritative manipulation. Wisdom is the underlying support for power. If this is the case, then others should not even vote, because you can vote without being informed. So how does it relate to its uses, its importance’s? According to Locke, political power is the right to make laws for the protection and regulation of property. The natural instincts of people (state of nature) is what Locke defines political powers as. It is a state of equality where no one has power over the other and they are free to do as they please. Liberty is not an equal license to abuse others. Each person has the power to excuse natural laws that are universal. For proof of this, in the natural law, though a person may not be under the power of a foreign king, if a person commits a crime, they can still be punished. A person can redress any crime to discourage the offender from doing it again. Since no one has control over another, natural law renders all people equal and every person holds executive power of natural law. A basis for his political thought is: A basis of a government is consent. Is there an understanding before men consent to be governed? A

“Does liberty need to justify itself in terms of justice?” Liberty is about the importance, to man and society of a large variety, and giving full freedom to human nature in conflicting directions. What is the irreplaceable value of liberty? 1.) Having absolute power until they achieve the use of liberty. 2.) Individuality ( The need to fit in). Liberty was utilized as protection against political tyranny because rulers were endowed with the power to suppress the rights of would be aggressors. There was a limit on the power of the government in order to achieve liberty. This ensures that liberty is involved in implementing the safety of the community’s consent that would guard against an abuse of power. By abusing power, they are forcing people to do things, because that goes against their dignity and individuality. People should not share equally in the exercise of political power. The American model of representative government may result in a weak democracy, because it favored the rule of majority rather than minority interests. Self- government and “the power of the people over themselves” were ways to refer to the new system of government. But people who have the power are not affected by the power. Since tyranny is often much worse than other forms of despotism, there are needs to be protected against this. Liberty can be continuous because it can