One powerful element in Strawsonian compatibilism concerns Strawson's emphasis on the point of view of those in the moral community holding agents morally responsible (see section 5.6).
On this view, morally responsible agency is to be extrapolated from the practice of the members of the moral community in holding persons morally responsible.
One pressing question for Strawsonian compatibilism is how much emphasis should be placed upon the point of view of those in the moral community who hold others morally responsible.
On this view, the control condition for moral responsibility would have to fit the capacity to communicate morally through word and deed with members of the moral community.
The community thereby becomes a network of morally connected agents, i.e., a moral community, with special, very strong ties of obligation.
This conception of morally justified coercion therefore involves no conception of a moral community among persons.
Economics has to be subordinate to morality, and the State as a sustainer of the moral community has to take an active role providing the conditions in which this transformations can take place.
So to the extent that a society ruled by an authority that has the right to rule is an ideal of a moral community, the other types of authority are lesser forms of a morally ideal political community.
The pursuit of the common good would enable the state to act as a moral community.
Confucius's vision of the way to develop a moral community began with a holistic reflection on the human condition.
His aim was to restore trust in government and to transform society into a flourishing moral community by cultivating a sense of humanity in politics and society.
