stranded activity

1) Would there be any laws to control how you lived, what right or freedoms you exercised, or what property you had? Why?

There would have to be certain moral laws as to how to live on the island. The majority of laws should still pertain despite the situation. No murder or stealing should definitely still apply. Freedoms and Rights should be very close to the U.S. government as far as the freedom of speech, and religion. As far as property and the rights to own the property, there should be an agreement as to which property each person owns and that what was built or created by that person is their property. These would be good laws to control how citizens live in a realistic way which would help arguments and discrimination in these areas. Realistically these laws would be broken though. Despite the fact that the majority of people do want to be civil and have an agreement on how to overcome and avoid issues, without an actual government it would be chaos. Government provides rules and breaking them results in consequences, with no rules or consequences to actions, it makes it seem okay. It is important to establish laws and consequences of breaking them.

2) Considering the key terms from this unit, what type or form of government would be best suited for your situation? Why?

In this situation of being stranded, a Direct Democracy would be the best government in order for citizens to collectively vote and agree on problems. There still needs to be a government to keep everything together so an anarchy would not be a good idea. An Autocracy would be a bad idea as well because with one person governing there would be no regard to others opinions. With a Direct Democracy everyone has the ability to state their opinion without it being unfair or unreasonable because they all voted.

3) Would anyone have the right to govern you? Would you have the right to govern anyone else? Why?

I believe if it was a mutual group decision on the issue then the group