Obviously people are going to have different view on what government should and should not do, but it seems to me that the general role of government can be summed up as protecting the rights of those it governs. That would mean all crimes are essentially infringements upon other's rights. For example, the crime of homicide is infringing the victim's right to live.
The disagreement comes from what rights it should protect. Some people might think everybody being alive is good enough, while others might want property protected, a right to health (and medical care, food, clothing, shelter, etc should be provided by the government), and many other protected rights.
Some rights, such as the right to live, are easy to understand: we(meaning people in general) want to live, so we want somebody (the government) to make sure we can keep living and do not want others to stop us from living.
Other rights might have more complex justifications that some people will disagree with.
I'm interested in hearing what you consider rights important enough to be protected by the government and more importantly why you consider each of those rights important. Try to take no right as granted and explain as many as you have the patience to.
The disagreement comes from what rights it should protect. Some people might think everybody being alive is good enough, while others might want property protected, a right to health (and medical care, food, clothing, shelter, etc should be provided by the government), and many other protected rights.
Some rights, such as the right to live, are easy to understand: we(meaning people in general) want to live, so we want somebody (the government) to make sure we can keep living and do not want others to stop us from living.
Other rights might have more complex justifications that some people will disagree with.
I'm interested in hearing what you consider rights important enough to be protected by the government and more importantly why you consider each of those rights important. Try to take no right as granted and explain as many as you have the patience to.
