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How does Paine distinguish between society and government?
Society is conflictual; government is peaceful.
Society is natural; government is artificial.
Society represents unity; government represents division.
Society is wealth; government is power
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Answer: Society is natural; government is artificial.
Paine writes (e.g., in Rights of Man) that “society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness.” He treats society as a natural, beneficial product of human needs and cooperation, and government as an artificial, coercive institution created to restrain human vices—a necessary evil rather than a spontaneous good.
Paine writes (e.g., in Rights of Man) that “society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness.” He treats society as a natural, beneficial product of human needs and cooperation, and government as an artificial, coercive institution created to restrain human vices—a necessary evil rather than a spontaneous good.
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