Classical Republicanism Analysis

The Preamble to the U.S. constitution could be influenced directly by the classical republicanism due to the fact that it both promotes the common good. Although in the preamble, the word common good was reworded as “common defense,” this is still correlated to how citizens were taught that they should work together to promote the good of the country, but not work for private or selfish interests. Common defense reference how citizens should help out the community by protecting their country from foreign attacks, which could be considered a civic virtue amongst people (e.g. joining the army). “General Welfare (health, wealth, and happiness)” would be connected to classical republicanism idea of “small, uniform communities” because it shows