Philosophical Concepts and Democracy

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Hobbes concludes that the State of Nature would be unbearably brutal. In the State of Nature, every person is always in fear of losing his life to another. They have no capacity to ensure the long-term satisfaction of their needs or desires. No long-term or complex cooperation is possible because the State of Nature can be aptly described as a state of utter distrust. To ensure their escape from the State of Nature, they must both agree to live together under common laws, and create an enforcement mechanism for the social contract and the laws that constitute it.

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Creation of a government is necessary to avoid the state of nature.

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Determine which of the following quotes does not reflect a concept of democracy?

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The country should adopt Christianity as the official religion.

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Beccaria believed people who were accused of a crime should have rights. His work led the framers of the U.S. Constitution to implement.....

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an Amendment that promises a speedy and fair trial by jury.

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Form of government in which a priest rules in the name of God or a god

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Theocracy

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Form of government in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected leader

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Democracy

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System of government by one person with absolute power, examples include a dictatorship

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Autocracy

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The education committee meets to discuss additional details of the expectations for this bill before it moves to the floor for a vote.

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Legislative Branch

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Teachers sue the federal government saying that this new bill violates their rights to be able to effectively negotiate their contracts with their employers.

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Judicial Branch is responsible for determining if this bill violates the constitution.

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You must live in the state you represent.

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You cannot truly understand what is happening in the state if you don’t live there.

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The TOTAL number of the members of Congress is 535.

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This includes both the Senate and the House of Representatives.