1. John Locke describes the “state of Nature” as total freedom. He says that people have the power to control their actions and get rid of their possessions or people as they please. In the “state of Nature” people don’t have to depend on another person and all people are equal. This state has its own law of Nature to govern it and the people are supposed to abide by it. The law states that a person shouldn’t harm another person, their possession or their freedoms. Everyone has the instinct to protect him or her self and the right to dole out punishment as they see fit when one breaks one of the laws of Nature.
2. People often abandon this “state of Nature” giving up their “perfect freedom” in order to protect them. All people have their own …show more content…
“all this to be directed to no other end but the peace, safety, and public good of the people” “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations”
“this(natural rights being protected) makes them so willingly give up every one of his single power of punishing to be exercised by such alone as shall be appointed to it amongst them… authorized by them to that purpose, shall agree on” “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the …show more content…
In “The Federalist Papers, Nº.10” the focal discussion was on factions needing to be unionized: being a necessary for society, how to control the factions without taking away the citizen’s liberties, and the solution for any mischief to arise. James Madison describes the reason for coming together to form a faction as the behavior that is “…sown in the nature of man” that can be seen anywhere when “…brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society.” Human passion is what divides mankind into groups.
(2-5 James Madison; completed by Jeremiah Smith)
2. Madison feels factions are a danger to the minority group, for they come under the threat of an "overbearing majority." He feels that "the rules of justice" often become ignored in favor of a "superior force" that leads to injustice after injustice.
3. James Madison offers 2 methods by which factions can be dealt with: dealing with the aftermath or removing their cause. He also further states 2 ways to remove their causes. One by "destroying the liberty" or giving "every citizen" the same motivation and thus making the majority the only faction, creating a unified
2. People often abandon this “state of Nature” giving up their “perfect freedom” in order to protect them. All people have their own …show more content…
“all this to be directed to no other end but the peace, safety, and public good of the people” “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations”
“this(natural rights being protected) makes them so willingly give up every one of his single power of punishing to be exercised by such alone as shall be appointed to it amongst them… authorized by them to that purpose, shall agree on” “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the …show more content…
In “The Federalist Papers, Nº.10” the focal discussion was on factions needing to be unionized: being a necessary for society, how to control the factions without taking away the citizen’s liberties, and the solution for any mischief to arise. James Madison describes the reason for coming together to form a faction as the behavior that is “…sown in the nature of man” that can be seen anywhere when “…brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society.” Human passion is what divides mankind into groups.
(2-5 James Madison; completed by Jeremiah Smith)
2. Madison feels factions are a danger to the minority group, for they come under the threat of an "overbearing majority." He feels that "the rules of justice" often become ignored in favor of a "superior force" that leads to injustice after injustice.
3. James Madison offers 2 methods by which factions can be dealt with: dealing with the aftermath or removing their cause. He also further states 2 ways to remove their causes. One by "destroying the liberty" or giving "every citizen" the same motivation and thus making the majority the only faction, creating a unified