Constitution Simulation Analysis

The Constitution Simulation have depicted a clear an unbiased picture of the state of the land after the revolutionary war. A widely divided country with deeply rooted issues. Suffice to say the population was not very fond of government especially strong central government. The founding fathers, Madison, envisioned the new constitution as the foundation of the new republic “a mean to improve the weak”. According to the Constitution simulation, one of the driving force of the resistance to the new Constitution was the fear of a too powerful central government. To mitigate those fears it became imperative for the framers of the constitution to come up with an option that would reduce those fears. I also learned that, to Achieve this goal, James
“according to Hobbes, is born political society. For the past 300 years, we have told ourselves a story in which humanity is a collection of rational self-seeking individuals; that society is the conflict of interests; that those conflicts are resolved by a central power given legitimacy by a social contract in which individuals recognize that it is in their interest to yield up part of their unfettered freedom; and that governments have emerged as the source of power through which conflicts are mediated.” (Hobbes, T., & Gaskin, J. C. A. (1998). Leviathan. Opposing Viewpoints.)

The addition of the Bill of Rights was instrumental on getting the reluctant colonies on board according to the Constitution Simulation. The social contract famously formulated by Hegel is underlined in the new constitution. The constitution simulation clearly indicates that the guarantee of individual rights as a major causal force behind the resistance, therefore a path dictates the necessity to embrace those rights, to move forward.