Some people believe that government officials must carry out the will of the people they serve Others believe that officials should base their decisions on their own judgment

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Some people believe that government officials must carry out the will of the people they serve. Others believe that officials should base their decisions on their own judgment.

The debate raised is essentially one of authority v/s liberty. In my opinion, government officials should base their decisions on their own judgment. While it is true that the duty of government officials is to work for the well-being of their people by considering their problems and providing solutions to the same, in any case, they need to work for the people and not as per the people. I believe this way for mainly two reasons: 1) It is not possible to get the entire population to agree on something unanimously, 2) Sometimes it is necessary to take into account the long-term goals and repercussions of the decisions taken to achieve short-term advantages.

To begin with, most countries are divided into certain groups of people based on their race, ethnicity, caste, religion, where they live, or even the language they speak. Now, in such times, it is nearly impossible that all these groups of people would agree on one final decision on any issue. It is the responsibility of government officials to resolve the never-ending cycle of disagreements and revisions of decisions here. In most cases, government officials are the people elected or trusted by the general populace to take the best actions considering the general welfare of the citizens. Therefore, they need to focus on their own judgment based on the experiences they have from their past to take meaningful actions. For example, consider the issue of whether to allow abortion or not. In some religions, abortion is considered a sin. However, something that is not acceptable to one group of people may not be the best for all. In such cases, government officials need to finalize decisions that work best for the majority of the people.

Secondly, the citizens of the country may not be fully aware of the current situation or they may not consider all the scenarios while taking a stance on certain issues. Take an example of the long-standing war between industries and environment specialists. For the general population, it may be better to develop more and more industries in order to create more job opportunities. Nevertheless, it is crucial for leaders to have a futuristic view of the consequences that the country will need to face if the natural resources and environment are not preserved or used in an efficient manner.

One may argue that, by not acting on the sentiments and needs of the denizens of the country, the government will create obstacles for themselves for the next elections. Admittedly, in certain areas, officials need to take action according to the requirements of the people. For example, it would be reasonable to forgo the personal ambitions of development, space exploration, etc. when the people of the country need more hospitals and better educational institutions.

In conclusion, government officials need to work according to their own judgment which is in the best interest of the citizens. However, the author's claim seems indefensible both from normative and empirical viewpoints, when we consider the possibility of getting everyone to agree on the same decision or taking action for the long-term goals that work in favor of the overall growth of the nation.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
however, if, may, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, while, for example, in conclusion, in any case, in most cases, in my opinion, it is true, to begin with

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 15.1003584229 126% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 9.8082437276 173% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 13.8261648746 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.0286738351 100% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 43.0788530466 81% => OK
Preposition: 85.0 52.1666666667 163% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 8.0752688172 235% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2668.0 1977.66487455 135% => OK
No of words: 526.0 407.700716846 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.07224334601 4.8611393121 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78901763229 4.48103885553 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95179260091 2.67179642975 110% => OK
Unique words: 240.0 212.727598566 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.456273764259 0.524837075471 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 840.6 618.680645161 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 4.0 3.08781362007 130% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.94265232975 202% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.6003584229 112% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.1344086022 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.5443651741 48.9658058833 126% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.0 100.406767564 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.8695652174 20.6045352989 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5652173913 5.45110844103 139% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 11.8709677419 143% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.85842293907 130% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.88709677419 20% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.30857089734 0.236089414692 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0925359069491 0.076458572812 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.107297179152 0.0737576698707 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.173635407394 0.150856017488 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.126103385405 0.0645574589148 195% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 11.7677419355 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 58.1214874552 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 10.1575268817 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 10.9000537634 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.36 8.01818996416 104% => OK
difficult_words: 121.0 86.8835125448 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.002688172 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.0537634409 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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