Wtp Unit One Vocab

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In democracies a constitution is an

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Authoritative law through which the sovereign people authorize a government to be established and grant it certain powers

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Constitutional government is

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Limited government

Rule of law

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Constitutional gov is a form of government in which a

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Constitution served as a higher or fundamental law that everyone must obey

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Democracy is literally defined as rule of the people. It is a form of government in which

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All citizens exercise political power either directly or through their elected representatives

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(Forms of government) arid titled idea of

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3 forms of government based on the number of people. Exercising power

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(Forms of government) each has a

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Right and corrupt firm

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(Forms of government) right form of government by a single person is

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Monarchy

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(Forms of government) right form of government by a few people is

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Aristocracy

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(Forms of government) right form of gov bt many is called

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Polity

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(Forms of government) types of democratic governments

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Parliamentary systems (Britain and India) 
Separation of powers (United States)
Presidential systems (france)

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Limited goverent: in natural rights philosophy it is a system restricted to

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Protecting natural rights that does not interfere with other aspects of life

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More generally limited government is

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Constitutional government governed by the rule of law

Written/unwritten constitutions are used to empower and limit government

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Parliament is the British

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Legislature which constitute of two houses, the House of Lords and the House of Commons

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The House of Lords once represented nobility and most members are appointed for

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Life by the gov of the day and are not members of the hereditary aristocracy who once dominated it

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Republic according to James Madison is a form of government that

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Derives its powers directly/indirectly from the people and is administered by officials holding power for limited time

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According to James Madison a republic incorporates

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Representative

Institution

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Unwritten constitution is the body of political practices developed through

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Custom and tradition

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Only 3 of the worlds major democracies have constitutions that are not single written documebts:

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Britain Israel and New Zealand

In each the constitution is a combination of written laws and precedents

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Written constitution: including what the words

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Mean, whether the understanding of the document should evolve or remain unchanged and who should have the final day about what the document means (nearly all constitutions)

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Civic virtue is the dedication of citizens to the

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Common welfare of their community or country even at the cost of their individual interest

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Civic virtue was traditionally considered most relevant to

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Republics since republican citizens are responsible for the well being of their country

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Classical republicanism is the ideals and practices of Ancient Greek or roman city states that emphasized

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Civic participation and the responsibility of citizens for the well being of their polity
Acts by citizens that placed the public good or common welfare above private interest were especially prized

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Common good is the food of the

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Community ass a whole as contrasted with private interests that may conflict with public interest

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Consent of the governed is agreement by citizens to

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Obey the laws and gov they create

Consent is the foundation of governments legitimacy

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Divine right is the idea prevalent in early modern Europe that monarchs

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Derive their authority directly from God

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Adherents to divine right claimed that to disobey monarchs, to attempt to

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Replace them, or to limit their power is contrary to the will of God

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Inalienable rights are fundamental rights inherent to being

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Human that every person therefore possessed that cannot be taken away by government or another entity

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Natural rights is the doctrine that people have

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Basic rights such as those to life liberty and property in a state of nature

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Some writers argued that certain natural rights are

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Inalienable and the people create governments to protect those rights

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Political legitimacy is acceptance by the governed that the claim to authority by those who govern is

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Justified. In democracies legitimacy is only achievers when those who govern twin pier through consent of the governed in free and fair elections

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Popular sovereignty is the natural rights concept that

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Ultimate political authority rests with the people

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Pursuit of happiness is the right of Americans to pursue

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Personal fulfillment in their own way so long as they do not infringe on the rights of others

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With certain limits the right of pursuit of happiness denies the legitimacy of government to

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Decide what kind of happiness one ought to seek

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Right of revolution is the right of the sovereign people of any democratic state or regime to

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Remove a government. After it has violated citizens basic rights for a large smith of time

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Social contract is the presumption of an agreement between people to

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Establish s government and obey its laws. This theory explains the origin of gov

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State of nature is the situation in which people thrive without

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Government. Philosophers thought about this condition to determine the nature of humans and what rights/ laws are fundamental

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Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of producing and dsteicutibf

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Goods are privately owned and operated for profit in competitive markets

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A city state is a politically independent community consisting of a

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City and its surrounding territory

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Feudalism is a system of

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Social economic and politic organization in Europe in which a politically weak monarch shared power with nobility

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In feudalism the nobility required wkrk and serviced from

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Common people in return for allowing them to living on and make use of their land
Hierarchy

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Constitution is a plan of government that

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Sets forth the structures and powers of government

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Judeo christian: ideas, beliefs, and

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Practices that have their historical roots in Judaism and Christianity

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Nation state: as currently used, a

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Country

The standard unit for political organization in the world

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The nation state received its name from the idea of the people, or

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Nation organizing itself politically for self rule

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Private morality is an individual’s ideas about

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Right and wrong to be practiced in ones personal life

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Public morality: the values and principles of

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Right and wrong pertaining to public policies and actions