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Divergent social contracts

This exercise explores the concepts of faction and liberty as discussed in The Federalist Papers. Students are encouraged to provide their honest feedback on the module, including what works well and areas for improvement.

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Divergent social contracts

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  1. Divergent social contracts

  2. Module feedback • Our first task is to do the formal module feedback exercise • Log in to moodle – click on Individual, Polis, and Society and you should see a link to ‘module feedback’. • There are 7-8 questions. Please answer as fully as you can, and be honest about both positives and negatives. It’s good to hear students feel works well as well as what might be improved.

  3. The Federalist papers • Faction. What is faction? What challenges does it pose to good government? How do the authors of The Federalist Papers propose to control it? • Republics. What is a republic? How does it differ from a democracy? Why do they favour a republican over a democratic government?

  4. Preserving freedom/liberty • Do the authors of the Federalist Papers succeed in reconciling governmental authority with individual liberty/freedom? • How does their answer to this problem differ to Rousseau’s? • Which do you find more convincing?

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