Best Form of Government Assuming No Corruption
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:57 pm
Hypothetical situation:
A pill is invented that guarantees that anyone who takes it becomes incapable of corruption regarding their function in government. Which society/government would you consider the best if anyone appointed a position in said government had to take the aforementioned pill before being appointed? Obviously the term "government" is being used loosely for my lack of a better one and even "no government" is a legitimate option. Also, to keep things simple lets assume that other than the new pill, the current state of the world remains the same. Otherwise, the sky's the limit.
I remember when I first learnt of the different potential forms of societies thinking that a lot of them sounded pretty bulletproof and would totally work, maybe even better than the current ones, if not for the element of corruption. Basically it seems like the governments with the most checks and balances win by default in the current real-world scenarios but in a world where a system would be non-corrupt, which do you all think would be most idyllic and why?
A pill is invented that guarantees that anyone who takes it becomes incapable of corruption regarding their function in government. Which society/government would you consider the best if anyone appointed a position in said government had to take the aforementioned pill before being appointed? Obviously the term "government" is being used loosely for my lack of a better one and even "no government" is a legitimate option. Also, to keep things simple lets assume that other than the new pill, the current state of the world remains the same. Otherwise, the sky's the limit.
I remember when I first learnt of the different potential forms of societies thinking that a lot of them sounded pretty bulletproof and would totally work, maybe even better than the current ones, if not for the element of corruption. Basically it seems like the governments with the most checks and balances win by default in the current real-world scenarios but in a world where a system would be non-corrupt, which do you all think would be most idyllic and why?