Terms: Political Philosophy

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People in general thought of as living together in organized communities with shared laws, traditions, and values

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Society

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Territory with a government

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State

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Group of people with common characteristics that connect them

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Nation

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Rule made by the government

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Law

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To bring under control

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Order

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Anything that disrupts someone’s sense of well being

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Violence

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A sudden or extreme change

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Revolution

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The ability to control

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Power

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The power to give orders and make decision

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Authority

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Country’s independent authority and right to govern itself

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Sovereignty

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Accordant with law

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Legitimacy

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People in state governed accept rule

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Internal legitimacy

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Other states recognize state even though people inside to no have a say

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External legitimacy

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Guiding document of enumerated essentials

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Constitution

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Notion that people get together to form a compact between the ruled and rulers

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Social contract

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A person or group that stands in and acts for another person or group

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Representation

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To what degree a government makes decision without outside influence; right of a country to govern itself

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Autonomy

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How you legitimize; to allow

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Consent

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Force

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Coercion

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Restriction of rights in response to behavior

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Punishment

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Group of people who occupy a similar economic position in society

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Social class

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Something that is owned

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Property

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Entitled legal, social, or economic principles of freedom

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Rights

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Condition of people who are able to speak and act freely

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Liberty

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Result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crime

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Justice

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The state of having the same rights, social status, etc.

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Equality

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State of being happy, healthy, and/or successful; government program to help those in need

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Welfare

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State of being healthy, happy, and prosperous

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Well being

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Welfare or welling of the general public

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Public interest

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For the interest or benefit of the general public

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Common good

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Individuals are responsible for other people’s actions by tolerating, ignoring, or harboring them

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Collective responsibility

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Community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity

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Civil society

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Set of individual ideas and beliefs

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Ideology

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Collective set of beliefs that characterize the political process

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Political culture