Federalist 47-51

Question 1

What is argued in fed 47?

Answer 1

Tyranny is all power in the same hands. Disperse power.

Question 2

What is argued in fed 48?

Answer 2

Parchment barriers won’t work.

Question 3

What does Madison mean that separation of powers is an “auxiliary precaution”? (Fed 51)

Answer 3

It protects liberty by keeping power distributed (three branches, national and state) and checked.

Question 4

What is argued in fed 49–50?

Answer 4

Can people police the boundaries?
Not regularly.

Question 5

What is argued in fed 51?

Answer 5

What is the solution?
Auxiliary precautions. Ambition countering ambition.

Question 6

What is meant by “ambition must be made to counteract ambition?”

Answer 6

The level of defense has to be of equal measure to the initial attack.

Question 7

What is the greatest reflection of human nature and what do Angels have to do with it? (Fed 51)

Answer 7

The government is the greatest reflection of human nature. If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

Question 8

What is the link between civil liberty and religious liberty according to Madison? (Fed 51)

Answer 8

the degree of security in both cases will depend on the number of interests and sects