Theory Of Political Dynasty

With the disturbance on the issue of ‘Political Dynasty,’ there are wide ranges of philosophies and theories that can be intertwined with the said study. This study on political dynasty is said to be in connection with the standpoint of Social Contract of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke based on man’s fundamental struggle for survival. “All people are born free.” The state of nature is the state of perfect freedom and equality. The world was never without political or social structure. Political and social structure arises naturally with humankind. On the view of Hobbes and Locke, the moral justification for the action of the state is utilitarian, the moral theory that states, “The greatest happiness of the greatest number” as formulated by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. In addition, the Social Contract of Jean Jacques Rousseau which was greatly inspired by the French Revolution states that individual should give up his personal and should accept the ‘general will’ in order to discover one’s higher aspiration and moral freedom (Bautista, 2013). “Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains.” He believes that society is base upon some implicit contract, and that contract implies that the ruler is people’s agent, not their master. This implies that the general welfare of the people is dependent on the State, on how he will carry his people. Also, he said that this contract offers guarantees.
People have opposing interests which results to repercussions. To prevent chaos, society, though political and economic organization use the force and coercion to hold society together. People ought to give up the same rights as they expect others to do the same, and they would be satisfied with just with liberty in respecting each other....

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...cause in problem in Philippine politics which results to political immaturity.
Families who belong to elites have found to be the ones who create political dynasties. The political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels of class struggle plays a central role in the development of the society as against from the oppression of the burgeois under capitalism to a socialist and ultimately classless society. This injustice had led Karl Marx on his revolutionary philosophy.
The Theory of Political Economy theory suggests that dynasties should be economically harmful. A less competitive political space will deliver less use of public resources. At the same time, the dynastic politicians who treat their state or country as a family fiefdom are more likely to use public property to enrich themselves rather than to promote the public good (Journals, 2013).