The six goals in the pre-amble are establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote general welfare, secure the blessings of liberty, and form a more perfect union. Locke would agree with the goal to provide for the common defense, he thought that the government should protect the people’s rights, our government did this by creating armies and navies to look over the country. Locke would also be a connection to promoting general welfare, and commonwealth, he finds the health of citizens to be an important protection from the government. Montesquieu believed in the government protecting the liberty of the people, he also came up with the three branches of government that the founding fathers eventually
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Aristotle has seemed to play a large role in this influence. When writing the Constitution the Founding Fathers often looked at problems or things that philosophers pointed out, Aristotle in particular included slavery in his writing. In his book “Politics” he points out one relationship as master-slave, and he points out that some people are slaves by nature, while others are the masters. At the time slavery would have been a concern for the Founding Fathers, as it had always been around since the bible, and Aristotle mentions it in his book. Although slavery was not an issue in the country at the time of the Constitution, it would have been in the minds of the Founding Fathers from its history, and from the writings of Aristotle. Women’s rights and suffrage would not have been a concern then, and it did not become a huge concern in the country until the mid 1900s. The Founding Fathers would not have seen women’s suffrage as a problem at the time, so they overlooked it while writing the constitution and focused on issues they saw as threats, such as …show more content…
The first amendment allows for the freedom of religion, which includes being able to believe in what you want or to not believe at all, if that is what you choose. The government does not allow for prayers in public buildings in states because it may cause people to feel forced to participate, therefore taking away their right to freedom of religion. It is the government’s job to protect the people and their rights, so in order to avoid people feeling that their religious freedom is being taking away or that it is getting infringed upon they say that prayer and the ten commandments are not allowed in public places. The Federal government can still have “in God we trust” on our money, the ten commandments in the Supreme Court Chambers, and let congress open with an invocation because it is the federal government and is not the states making the decision. This keeps the rulings consistent within states, but still does not have the federal government openly favoring one religion over another. These things have been part of the federal government for a long time, and has now just become part of a tradition that the country wants to uphold. By allowing these things in the federal government but not within states it stays consistent with the first amendment, but still allows the tradition of the country from its beginnings to
Aristotle has seemed to play a large role in this influence. When writing the Constitution the Founding Fathers often looked at problems or things that philosophers pointed out, Aristotle in particular included slavery in his writing. In his book “Politics” he points out one relationship as master-slave, and he points out that some people are slaves by nature, while others are the masters. At the time slavery would have been a concern for the Founding Fathers, as it had always been around since the bible, and Aristotle mentions it in his book. Although slavery was not an issue in the country at the time of the Constitution, it would have been in the minds of the Founding Fathers from its history, and from the writings of Aristotle. Women’s rights and suffrage would not have been a concern then, and it did not become a huge concern in the country until the mid 1900s. The Founding Fathers would not have seen women’s suffrage as a problem at the time, so they overlooked it while writing the constitution and focused on issues they saw as threats, such as …show more content…
The first amendment allows for the freedom of religion, which includes being able to believe in what you want or to not believe at all, if that is what you choose. The government does not allow for prayers in public buildings in states because it may cause people to feel forced to participate, therefore taking away their right to freedom of religion. It is the government’s job to protect the people and their rights, so in order to avoid people feeling that their religious freedom is being taking away or that it is getting infringed upon they say that prayer and the ten commandments are not allowed in public places. The Federal government can still have “in God we trust” on our money, the ten commandments in the Supreme Court Chambers, and let congress open with an invocation because it is the federal government and is not the states making the decision. This keeps the rulings consistent within states, but still does not have the federal government openly favoring one religion over another. These things have been part of the federal government for a long time, and has now just become part of a tradition that the country wants to uphold. By allowing these things in the federal government but not within states it stays consistent with the first amendment, but still allows the tradition of the country from its beginnings to