What a sheer coincidence! I was recently writing a paper as a part of my course on- 'when public officials are morally obliged to step down or resign from offices' and then there is a live moral obligation discussion going on surrounding the current administration after the recent verdict of the Supreme Court.
Here is MY TWO CENTS on moral obligation and whether the Government should dissolve.
While resigning is one of the moral resources increasingly adopted and sought after by many when confronted with ethical issues it is not necessarily a prudent thing to do over every conflicted principles. This is because it entails a whole lot of complications and it will often be accompanied by social and financial obligation to the state.
Dobel; one of the authors of public integrity argues that the moral landscape of resignation is complex and that the decision to resign should build upon the three domains of pubic integrity i.e. keeping intact the personal moral capacities and commitments, living up to the obligations of office, and effectiveness. He states that each domain and leg of the tripod is needed to support public integrity and that the collapse of anyone of them can deeply wound public integrity and provide strong and often definitive moral reason to resign. (Dobel, 1999)
As little as the dent to the Dobel's tripod, there is also very little damage done in terms of the actual victim as a result of Government's action. Thus there is no strong obligation for the Government to step down. And as far as the constitutional aspect of the issue is concerned, the Government deserves the benefit of doubt and chance in all respect.
Therefore, for the good of Bhutanese democracy and welfare of its people, I am not wishing for the Government to step down and it is my hope as a citizen of Bhutan that Government will stay to see us through.
“No member ought to accept office in a full consciousness and that he ought not to resign it for frivolous reasons.” -Aneurin Bevan
Gud going Loday... Happy to read your views and I too agree with your opinion. Further I am also happy that you have not got a platform to share your mind on different issues of concern. Best wishes and love...
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