Government as a “Positive Good” A.

Its proponents argue that government is necessary for the people of a society to share in all of the
opportunities provided by that entity. Without Government, there would be chaos until the society eventually
disintegrated. Thomas Paine, whose writings helped to stir the movement for colonial independence from
England during the American Revolutionary War, believed that the government was necessary “to supply the
defect of moral virtue.” In other words, he believed that the role of Government should assist in keeping the
moral compass of the nation