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Unit 1, Lesson 2 What Ideas About Civic Life Informed the Founding Generation?

Unit 1, Lesson 2 What Ideas About Civic Life Informed the Founding Generation?. Civic Virtue. Putting the Common Good Before Personal Interests. Classical Republicanism. The ideals & practices of ancient Greek or Roman city-states emphasized civic participation. Lessons from Rome.

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Unit 1, Lesson 2 What Ideas About Civic Life Informed the Founding Generation?

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  1. Unit 1, Lesson 2What Ideas About Civic Life Informed the Founding Generation?

  2. Civic Virtue • Putting the Common Good Before Personal Interests.

  3. Classical Republicanism • The ideals & practices of ancient Greek or Roman city-states • emphasized civic participation

  4. Lessons from Rome • Roman republic was stable as long as it remained small & uniform • By 44 BC it had control over vast territories and huge diverse populations. • It fell due to self-interest = civil war = rise of dictatorship to bring stability.

  5. How can Classical Republicanism work in large diverse communities? • Break them up into smaller communities (provinces, states). • The govt. could inspire civic virtue through citizenship & moral education.

  6. 17th Century Europe… • Experienced wars & rebellions • Philosophers challenged theory of Divine Right • that monarchs get authority from God. • They looked at humanity within a State of Nature

  7. State of Nature • Abstract: before government • Allows philosophers to analyze… • What is human nature? • What should be the purpose of Government? • Where should government receive its authority?

  8. Natural Rights Philosophy • Thomas Hobbes & John Locke • Inspired by English Civil War & Revolution • Idea that in a state of nature, people have basic rights to life, liberty, and property. • People create governments to protect those rights.

  9. Thomas Hobbes • Humans are naturally violent! • They enter into a social contract and give up rights to an absolute ruler (Leviathan) who maintains peace.

  10. John Locke • Humans are naturally free, equal, and rational. • All people possess unalienable rights! • They enter a social contract with a government to protects those rights

  11. If a government fails to protect those rights, then the people have a right to overthrow it. • This is the Right of Revolution.

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