What is government for? Coronavirus stirs old question anew.
It’s the most basic of political questions, but COVID-19 is now moving it from the philosophy classroom into nearly every corner of every country on Earth: What is government for?
And the answer where it most matters – among citizens, among the governed – seems to be changing dramatically, at least in places feeling the worst effects of the virus. There, the immediate task of government has become acutely clear: Protect us and our loved ones, and give us the information, policies, tools, and care for
A cry for ‘going big’