POL_S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: United States Postal Service, Pragmatism, Individualism
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Social contract theory: thomas hobbes: the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short , government is the result of a social contract. We give up some of our freedoms to a sovereign in exchange for protection: the founding fathers knew that and wrote in that the purpose of government was to provide for the common defense and. Domestic tranquility = police force and national guard. Separation of powers spread of power of governing between legislative, executive and judicial systems. Checks and balances a system that each branch is checked or balanced by another branch. Supreme court can tell congress a law they passed is unconstitutional. Congress is the only body that can propose laws. A cohesive set of ideals and beliefs used to organize and evaluate the political world. Conservative to maintain the status quo, less government involvement in personal lives, emphasize freedom over equality, envisions a community based on morals, religious (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
