Five basic social values of state
- Security
- Freedom
- Order
- Justice
- Welfare
Security
- People generally assume that the state should and will underwrite the value of national security, which involves the protection of citizens from internal and external threat.
- Being armed at least some degree state can both defend and threaten peoples’ security
Freedom
- Personal and National Freedom i.e. Independence.
- Govt. place on citizens, as tax burdens or obligations of military services is the condition of national freedom.
- Peace and progressive change are most fundamental values of international relations.
Order & Justice
- States have a common interest in establishing and maintaining international order so that they can coexist and interact on a basis of stability, certainty, and predictability.
- International law, diplomatic relations and international organizations.
- Human right framework: civil, political, social, and economical.
Welfare
- Population’s socioeconomic wealth and welfare.
- People expect their govt. to adopt appropriate politics to encourage high employment, low inflation steady investment, the uninterrupted floe of trade and commerce, etc.
- International economic environment.