DEMOCRACY Flashcards
DEMOCRACY IS A WORD WHOSE ORIGIN IS GREEK BUT WHAT DOES DEMOCRACY ACTUSLLY MEAN?
A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REGIME THAT THE PEOPLE TAKE PART IN THE GOVERNMENT AND VOTE FOR SOMEONE TO REPRESENT THEM AND THAT REPRESENTATIVE MAKES DECISIONS FOR THE PEOPLE.
WHAT DOES THE QUOTE: “THE RULE OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE” MEAN?
MEANING THAT THE PEOPLE ARE THE SOURCE OF THE GOVERMENTAL AUTHORITY.
WHAT IS DEMOCRACY PERCIEVED AS IN THE WORLD?
PRESERVING THE HAPPINESS OF HUMAN BEINGS AND CREATING A STANDARD SOCIAL LIFE.
RABBI ELEZAR MENACHEM MAN’S WAY OF SEEING DEMOCRACY:
NOT TO BE RESTRICTED AT ALL BUT THE TRUTH IS ONLY TORAH GIVES TRUE FREEDOM TO A PERSON BECAUSE MAN MUST HAVE LAWS THAT LIMIT HIM.
BC W/O GUIDANCE HE CAN COME TO DESTROY THE WORLD.
