Directions: Pick ONE prompt and write a 5-7 page essay. Double-spaced, Times New Roman font, 12 point, don’t mess with the margins. 4.5 pages is short, and will automatically be counted down.
Plagiarism Policy: NEVER, EVER USE EITHER THE IDEAS OR WORDS OF SOMEONE WITHOUT GIVING DUE CREDIT. CREDIT MEANS A PROPER ACADEMIC CITATION.
Easy citation method for online readings from Canvas:
Name, Title of Reading, Online Resource, Page #.
Prompt #2: Participation
Is political participation a valuable good in-itself, or something that we should be careful about encouraging too much of? Write an essay detailing how liberal and republican authors think about the importance of political participation. Does this difference how they value political participation give reason to think one philosophical school is stronger than the other?
Prompt #3: State of Nature
Is the state of nature an acceptable philosophical assumption, or a dangerous misrepresentation of the nature of the political? How do the various authors we read in the unit think about the state of nature, how do they use it in their arguments, and what criticisms do at least some of them have about it?
Prompt #4: The Role of Government
What is the proper role of government, and how do liberals and republicans arrive at their different definitions of the proper boundary of governmental authority? What do the authors we read in this section think? Which authors are more liberal and which more republican?
Prompt #5: Revolution!
Use the various authors to construct the right to revolution on both a liberal and a republican foundation. Which philosophical foundation (liberal or republican) gives the best accounting of the right to revolution? What arguments did loyalists make against the patriots to argue in favor of staying with the British monarchy?
Prompt #6: Federalist Papers
Is the defense of the new Constitution in the Federalist Papers more of a liberal or republican variety? Draw out their logic to liberal and republican sources, and tell me which philosophical school they seem to draw from most strongly.
Prompt #7: Who is right?
Who has the stronger argument, liberals like Locke and Rawls or civic republicans like Tocqueville and Winthrop? Why? Consider both arguments, as well as criticisms and objections they have of one another.
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