How Did Lao Tzu View Of Government

Many people question if the government should be responsible for instructing people how to live in society. These people also demand welfare from the government, but are not willing to accept the laws, and the people who run the government. Lao-Tzu discusses in Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching how the government should handle its people.
In today’s society the government is expected to define right and wrong and punish the law breakers, who may not share the same morals as the government. These people who break laws may have thought that what they were doing was correct. Lau Tzu would not do this. He does not define morals. Lou Tzu would rather not have morals at all. According to Lao-Tzu people should left to make their own choices. He believes that if we let go of what society views as correct, then the people will know what to do (207). Throughout Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching it is suggested that a leader must not influence people to do anything. A leader should just let things happen and that the people will always choose the right (207). Today leadership is viewed as a way in which a person can influences others to accomplish an objective. Today it is seen that people tend to rebel against authority, and that they will not be content and do the opposite of what they are told (Lao-Tzu, 211). In Lao-Tzu’s
Although he also states that in order to lead, first it is necessary for the people who are being ruled to forget all that they know.( Lao-Tzu, 206). A leader could then completely persuade anyone to obey. When people cannot think there is no way for them to make decisions that are what are best for them. If people could not think for themselves, then it would be the duty of the leader to instruct them on how to act. Lao-Tzu on the other hand believes that it is not the responsibility of the leader to show instruct the governed, that they will just know what to do