King Ahab of Isreal enjoyed near-absolute
power. Is absolute power a good thing? Why? Why not?
When a rich and powerful persons misuse their power that becomes
absolute power. In other words, when personal desires and wishes are fulfilled
using the power that becomes absolute use of power because there is domination
to someone or powerless persons.
King Ahab wanted to have the vineyard possessed by Naboth. When Naboth
disagreed to give him the vineyard, King and Queen Jezebel used their absolute
power on Naboth. With their power and command of kingship they ordered elders
of Naboth land to stone him to death. They made Naboth to have guilt on not
having respect to king and God. After the murder of Naboth Ahab went to bring
vineyard but God gave warning him for his evil deeds. Ahab as the king should
have asked why Naboth was killed rather grabbed the vineyard. This action shows
that King Ahab used near-absolute power.
No, absolute power is not, in any cost, a good thing. Having such
excessive misuse of power becomes undemocratic that can’t be acceptable to
present world people. If we see the world’s political histories, we can find
that absolute power is always cruel, corrupt and inhuman. To some extant such
power holder can enjoy upon powerless ones with their absolute power but sooner
or later they are kicked out by the subjects. In this 21st century
such power can’t be useful at all nor that can exist any longer because it is
the time of true democracy, freedom, liberty, equality, human rights, etc.
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