Jenny Schneider
Professor McDowell
Human Nature in the Federalist
The Declaration of Independence states, “All men are created equal.” This naive ideology was instilled into the minds of the brave and intelligent men while writing the document that would allow The United States to become the nation that has evolved into. Publius, a pseudonym for James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay throughout the Federalist papers knows however, that this statement concerning equality is not one that is truly correct. Publius chooses to accept human nature as it is rather than the desired persona of people. Publius attempts to create the best system of government that is in the interest of the country as a whole, rather a specific group of people, …show more content…
These men, were endeavoring to do just that and come up with a republic but without an inequitableness in favor of people and human nature.
Publius discusses the idea of factions and why they tend to become prevalent in different civilizations and societies. These factions are groups of people who come together to protect their social and economic beliefs. As shown in the federalist paper number 10, both supporters and opponents of the plan were worried about factions causing instability throughout the country. This concern is addressed by Publius, verbally expressing that factions are going to be evident regardless of whether or not the orchestration is acted upon. Publius states, “the latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society.” (Federalist, No. 10, pp 15). Men are born into different circumstances, and because of …show more content…
Men cannot be trusted with having all the power, knowing the history of men and what they do when they seize a monopoly of power. The three branches of the government, executive, legislative, and judicial will keep people in check, and keep the country and people’s power in balance, hence the name checks and balances. No one group will be able to make imperative and laborious decisions. Madison enforced this in the 47th paper when he says, “there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person . . . or, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers,”(Federalist, No 47 pp 35). It’s apparent to these men that the only way to have a successful republic is if the leadership throughout the nation is separated and done so in the correct way. They acknowledge that the legislative branch is the most probable to abuse power due to their ability to control the monetary assets of the country as well as influence in the determination of the salaries of government employees. They amplify throughout the papers that the correct actions would be taken to ensure a balance of
Professor McDowell
Human Nature in the Federalist
The Declaration of Independence states, “All men are created equal.” This naive ideology was instilled into the minds of the brave and intelligent men while writing the document that would allow The United States to become the nation that has evolved into. Publius, a pseudonym for James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay throughout the Federalist papers knows however, that this statement concerning equality is not one that is truly correct. Publius chooses to accept human nature as it is rather than the desired persona of people. Publius attempts to create the best system of government that is in the interest of the country as a whole, rather a specific group of people, …show more content…
These men, were endeavoring to do just that and come up with a republic but without an inequitableness in favor of people and human nature.
Publius discusses the idea of factions and why they tend to become prevalent in different civilizations and societies. These factions are groups of people who come together to protect their social and economic beliefs. As shown in the federalist paper number 10, both supporters and opponents of the plan were worried about factions causing instability throughout the country. This concern is addressed by Publius, verbally expressing that factions are going to be evident regardless of whether or not the orchestration is acted upon. Publius states, “the latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society.” (Federalist, No. 10, pp 15). Men are born into different circumstances, and because of …show more content…
Men cannot be trusted with having all the power, knowing the history of men and what they do when they seize a monopoly of power. The three branches of the government, executive, legislative, and judicial will keep people in check, and keep the country and people’s power in balance, hence the name checks and balances. No one group will be able to make imperative and laborious decisions. Madison enforced this in the 47th paper when he says, “there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person . . . or, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers,”(Federalist, No 47 pp 35). It’s apparent to these men that the only way to have a successful republic is if the leadership throughout the nation is separated and done so in the correct way. They acknowledge that the legislative branch is the most probable to abuse power due to their ability to control the monetary assets of the country as well as influence in the determination of the salaries of government employees. They amplify throughout the papers that the correct actions would be taken to ensure a balance of