1. Because if we don’t submit to the laws given by the authorities‚ with the purpose of maintaining the order in the city‚ it can lead to the destruction of the city and its laws. Moreover‚ it would be acting unjustly‚ and therefore‚ being evil and immoral. 2. The purpose of society is to provide citizens with a good life and satisfy their basic necessities‚ by maintaining political organizations. This will lead to happiness and welfare. 3. He develops a normative theory by stating how power should
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became known as Jacksonian democracy. As America advanced it’s power‚ Jacksonian Democrats were greatly concerned for the “common man” and making the country better for him. The Jacksonian Democrats were faced with many issues as they faced these concerns regarding political democracy‚ equality of economic opportunity‚ and individual liberty. Even the validity and relevance of the Constitution was debated greatly. Jacksonian Democrats successfully guarded political democracy and equality of economic
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presidency. By implementing the spoils system‚ opposing the nullification crisis‚ and vetoing the bank‚ for the most part Jacksonian Democrats guarded American laws and liberties. Initially‚ Jacksonian Democrats did not guard political and individual democracy. While abolitionists were trying to do away with slavery‚ Jackson enforced the Gag Rule‚ which made abolishist petitions unable to be read in Congress. (Doc F) This shows how Jacksonian Democrats took
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were also strong nationalists. While Jacksonians strived to preserve the unifying principles that the Constitution contained‚ they failed to fully represent complete equality in their ways. Andrew Jackson represented a symbol of the new age of democracy and the "age of the common man." Even though inequalities were still very apparent‚ followers of Jackson‚ such as George Henry Evans‚ ignored the fact that not everyone was treated equal and wrote things like "The Working Man’s Declaration of Independence
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beliefs to a limited extent. The Jacksonian Democrats were successful in maintaining the political democracy during this time. However‚ they were completely defeated in their attempt at establishing and preserving individual liberty. While‚ they were successful in some aspects of guarding the equality of economic opportunity. I agree with the Jacksonian Democrats on the topic of Political Democracy. As Andrew Jackson points out in Document B‚ "It is easy to conceive that great evils to our country
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Greek democracy was in some way unfair. There were many both fair and unfair things about Ancient Greece. One unfair thing was that only males who were citizens were allowed to vote‚ no women‚ no men who weren’t citizens. That was unfair. Mainly men had power over everything and to me that was unfair. One fair thing is that all men were treated equally in some way. Just because you were “poor” or not extremely rich didn’t mean that you could not have a job. Slaves were used. Peasants were used. The
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Sam Miller APUSH Mr. Hammond 9-17-12 During the colonial time period‚ the thirteen colonies began to develop democratic features. However‚ many parts of colonial lifestyle were not democratic. A closer look at the time period shows that democracy was a work in progress. One democratic feature of colonial America was that assemblies elected by the people made laws for the colonies‚ but this feature had an undemocratic side as well. In order to vote you had to be a white‚ male‚ landowner
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Jacksonian Democrats‚ followers of Andrew Jackson‚ protected democracy and the interests of the common man. They believed they were the guardians on the Constitution‚ and used it to protect states rights. Although there were some areas where they failed‚ they were strong supporters of the Constitution‚ expansion of political democracy‚ protection of individual liberty‚ and equality of economic opportunity. Jacksonian Democrats used the Constitution to protect the states and their local governments
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In the United States‚ the culture war is based on conservative values versus liberal values. Liberalism started with the Founding Fathers who favored liberty‚ private property‚ capitalism‚ freedom of religion‚ and a limited Republican style of government. Throughout the 20th century‚ people began to articulate propositions that opposed the views that majority of Americans held. Ideas such as same-sex marriage‚ equality for black people‚ and women rights began to divide America and unintentionally
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consideration‚ six major ethical systems exist in today’s world‚ and the six systems can then be further broken into two separate categories of absolutisms vs. non-absolutisms. According to Geisler (2010)‚ “Since God’s moral character does not change‚” it is considered absolute (p. 16). This absolutism is essential to understanding the difference between an unqualified absolutism system and a secular system such as generalism‚ which is discussed
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