day 5

Question 1

What are the benefits associated with living in a community?

Answer 1

sociality, protection, economic activity

Question 2

What are the common problems faced by communities?

Answer 2

They face problems

• with decision making
• deciding how much dissent and nonconformity a community can face and still accomplish its aims
• culture and values change over time/communities response
• can safety be preserved in a way that doesn’t violate ind rights and extends to all?
• communitarianism can lead to tyranny and even totalitarianism

Question 3

What were the 2 great forces involved in the settlement/growth or the American colonies?

Answer 3

ideas and money

Question 4

How did the reformation change the view of the state? Luther vs Calvin?

Answer 4

people no longer ha dot go through authority to access God,
had a direct link to God, promoted equality, govt should not get in-between god and individual.
-Luther believed state was necessary to control the chaos of the fallen world, and that it god established it to help and therefore christians should be subject to a secular govt.
-Calvin believed that subjection to the state posed problems for Christians

Question 5

Covenant vs corporate communities

Answer 5

Covenant communities:
-republic is formed to glorify god
-the elect will build city upon a hill(Winthrop)
-He believed in 2 liberties.
civil lib:men are free to do that which is just and good natural liberty: free to do what they please
civil liberty is a communal notion of liberty natural is an individualistic one
Corporate communities:
-economic self interest

Question 6

What is a social compact?

Answer 6

an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole.