What is the difference between
taxing
to regulate trade and taxing to raise
revenue?

Taxing to regulate trade is done to reduce the amount of a good that is purchased. Such taxes are usually higher than taxation for revenue as they are done to make the good so expensive that certain people will be unable to afford it. For instance, the alcohol levy of Botswana that was up to 40% at some point.

Taxation to raise revenue on the other hand, is not too high - as the government does not wat to restrict sales - and is simply imposed so the government can earn some revenue on goods sold. These can include Value Added Taxes for instance.

atman means 'eternal self'. the atman refers to the real self beyond ego or false self. it is often referred to as 'spirit' or 'soul' and indicates our true self or essence which underlies our existence.

there are many interesting perspectives on the self in hinduism ranging from the self as eternal servant of god to the self as being identified with god. the understanding of the self as eternal supports the idea of reincarnation in that the same eternal being can inhabit temporary bodies.

the idea of atman entails the idea of the self as a spiritual rather than material being and thus there is a strong dimension of hinduism which emphasises detachment from the material world and promotes practices such as asceticism. thus it could be said that in this world, a spiritual being, the atman, has a human experience rather than a human being having a spiritual experience.

explanation:

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they liv