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Fall 2011

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 27, Number 1

Categories: Politics | Fall 2011

The Threat of Virtue: Why Independence and Integrity Threaten the State

Ben O’Neill, University of New South Wales

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise27(1),2011,75–98TheThreatofVirtue:WhyIndependenceandIntegrityThreatentheStateBenO’Neill*UniversityofNewSouthWalesAbstractThereisawidespreaddesireforgovernmentstomanageallmannerofsocialproblems,adesirethatispropagatedbygovernmentsprimarilythroughtheco-optionofintellectualsthroughthetraffickingofawards,titles,andgovernmentpositionsinareaspertainingtoitsdesiredfunctions.Themoralvirtuesofindependenceandintegritythreatenthisprocessandthereforethreatenthegovernment’spowerinsociety.Civilinstitutionsthatadvocatefreedomfromgovernmentpowerneedtooperatefromanindependentpropertybaseandworktostrengthenthevirtuesofindependenceandintegritybyputtingforwardaradicalandconsistentvisionofafreesociety.Indoingso,theymustmaintaintheirownintegrityandrefusetocompromiseontheultimategoalofatotallyfreesociety.JELCodes:H80,Y80Keywords:Governmentexperts;Independence;IntegrityI.Introduction“Letmeadd,thatonlyavirtuouspeoplearecapableoffreedom.Asnationsbecomecorruptandvicious,theyhavemoreneedofmasters.”–BenjaminFranklin(1706–1790)BenjaminFranklinpennedthisinsightfulobservationinaletterwrittenmorethantwohundredandtwentyyearsago(letterof17April1787totheAbbésChalutandArnaut;seeFranklin,FranklinandDuane,1834,p.640)atatimewhennaturallawwaswell*Thispaperisaneditedversionofanessaythatwasawarded1stprize($10,000)inthejuniorfacultydivisionofthe2009SirJohnM.TempletonFellowshipsEssayContest,sponsoredbytheIndependentInstitute.Thecompetitionversionofthispaperandtheessayquestionforthecontestcanbefoundathttp://www.independent.org/students/essay/winners2009.asp.75

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Title	The Threat of Virtue: Why Independence and Integrity Threaten the State
Authors/Creators:	Ben O’Neill, University of New South Wales
Year:	2011
Volume:	27
Number:	1
Pages:	75 - 98
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Power, Free Society, Education, Educational Policy, Government experts, Independence, Integrity, Government Policy

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O’Neill, Ben / 2011. "The Threat of Virtue: Why Independence and Integrity Threaten the State." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 27(1): 75-98.