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His social contract put forward the notion that citizens at some point give their consent to live under a "certain political structure" and that requires a social contract.
John Locke is often seen as the "…philosopher of the American Revolution," Heineman explains. Locke's view was that in the early period of human existence, mankind lived in a state of nature, but though it was reasonably pleasant, there were problems. And how were those problems to be solved? Locke's view was the people then created a "social contract" -- a government -- and that government would serve the people's needs and wishes and would protect liberties and property. But the social contract Locke described would restrict government so its power won't interfere with citizens' rights.
Among the hallmarks of Locke's democratic philosophy: a) citizens have a role to play through their representative government; b) leaders in the government cannot rule in "tyrannical fashion"; and c) common law would keep...
In addition to John Locke's writings, others that were cited by the founders in their push to develop a democracy included Montesquieu, Blackstone, Cicero and others.
Also, it was presented that there should be no "taxation without representation" and in fact with the British government began taxing the colonists but now allowing those colonists to have a say in how they were government, it created the tension and anger that grew into what later became the "American Revolution."
In conclusion, there were also some concepts from the English constitution, but overall the founders of the U.S. Constitution used examples such as John Locke's writing to create a new form of democracy where the government was truly represented by the governed.
Works Cited
Heineman, Robert a., Peterson, Steven a., and Rasmussen, Thomas H. 1995. American
Government. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional.
Works Cited
Heineman, Robert a., Peterson, Steven a., and Rasmussen, Thomas H. 1995. American
Government. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional.
In order to gain insight into these it is necessary that they all be combined into one. 6) Miller states the rule that visions are always mentioned as being 'visions'. 7) the rule relating to determine when a word is used literally or physically and states that if the word makes good sense as it stands, and does not violence to the simple laws of nature, then it must be understood
Introduction Both the American and French Revolutions resulted in July holidays, but these significant historical events share much more in common than their superficial celebrations. The precursor to both the American and the French Revolutions can in fact be traced to the prevailing philosophical zeitgeist, an attitudinal revolution that was taking root in Western Europe, Britain, and North America. Commonly called the Enlightenment, the philosophical underpinnings of the American and French
Allestree indicates that flattery is a form of mental slavery and says that love and friendship are far too valuable to prostitute them. In addition, he believes that flattery is harmful because, by failing to point out a man's flaws, or by transmuting those flaws into assets, one condemns the man to continue in those faults. Furthermore, he points out that flatterers are often treacherous, because their affection ends
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