Wtp Unit One Vocab Flashcards
In democracies a constitution is an
Authoritative law through which the sovereign people authorize a government to be established and grant it certain powers
Constitutional government is
Limited government
Rule of law
Constitutional gov is a form of government in which a
Constitution served as a higher or fundamental law that everyone must obey
Democracy is literally defined as rule of the people. It is a form of government in which
All citizens exercise political power either directly or through their elected representatives
(Forms of government) arid titled idea of
3 forms of government based on the number of people. Exercising power
(Forms of government) each has a
Right and corrupt firm
(Forms of government) right form of government by a single person is
Monarchy
(Forms of government) right form of government by a few people is
Aristocracy
(Forms of government) right form of gov bt many is called
Polity
(Forms of government) types of democratic governments
Parliamentary systems (Britain and India) Separation of powers (United States) Presidential systems (france)
Limited goverent: in natural rights philosophy it is a system restricted to
Protecting natural rights that does not interfere with other aspects of life
More generally limited government is
Constitutional government governed by the rule of law
Written/unwritten constitutions are used to empower and limit government
Parliament is the British
Legislature which constitute of two houses, the House of Lords and the House of Commons
The House of Lords once represented nobility and most members are appointed for
Life by the gov of the day and are not members of the hereditary aristocracy who once dominated it
Republic according to James Madison is a form of government that
Derives its powers directly/indirectly from the people and is administered by officials holding power for limited time
According to James Madison a republic incorporates
Representative
Institution
Unwritten constitution is the body of political practices developed through
Custom and tradition
Only 3 of the worlds major democracies have constitutions that are not single written documebts:
Britain Israel and New Zealand
In each the constitution is a combination of written laws and precedents
Written constitution: including what the words
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)
Civic virtue is the dedication of citizens to the
Common welfare of their community or country even at the cost of their individual interest
Civic virtue was traditionally considered most relevant to
Republics since republican citizens are responsible for the well being of their country
Classical republicanism is the ideals and practices of Ancient Greek or roman city states that emphasized
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
Common good is the food of the
Community ass a whole as contrasted with private interests that may conflict with public interest
Consent of the governed is agreement by citizens to
Obey the laws and gov they create
Consent is the foundation of governments legitimacy
Divine right is the idea prevalent in early modern Europe that monarchs
Derive their authority directly from God
Adherents to divine right claimed that to disobey monarchs, to attempt to
Replace them, or to limit their power is contrary to the will of God
Inalienable rights are fundamental rights inherent to being
Human that every person therefore possessed that cannot be taken away by government or another entity
Natural rights is the doctrine that people have
Basic rights such as those to life liberty and property in a state of nature
Some writers argued that certain natural rights are
Inalienable and the people create governments to protect those rights
Political legitimacy is acceptance by the governed that the claim to authority by those who govern is
Justified. In democracies legitimacy is only achievers when those who govern twin pier through consent of the governed in free and fair elections
Popular sovereignty is the natural rights concept that
Ultimate political authority rests with the people
Pursuit of happiness is the right of Americans to pursue
Personal fulfillment in their own way so long as they do not infringe on the rights of others
With certain limits the right of pursuit of happiness denies the legitimacy of government to
Decide what kind of happiness one ought to seek
Right of revolution is the right of the sovereign people of any democratic state or regime to
Remove a government. After it has violated citizens basic rights for a large smith of time
Social contract is the presumption of an agreement between people to
Establish s government and obey its laws. This theory explains the origin of gov
State of nature is the situation in which people thrive without
Government. Philosophers thought about this condition to determine the nature of humans and what rights/ laws are fundamental
Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of producing and dsteicutibf
Goods are privately owned and operated for profit in competitive markets
A city state is a politically independent community consisting of a
City and its surrounding territory
Feudalism is a system of
Social economic and politic organization in Europe in which a politically weak monarch shared power with nobility
In feudalism the nobility required wkrk and serviced from
Common people in return for allowing them to living on and make use of their land
Hierarchy
Constitution is a plan of government that
Sets forth the structures and powers of government
Judeo christian: ideas, beliefs, and
Practices that have their historical roots in Judaism and Christianity
Nation state: as currently used, a
Country
The standard unit for political organization in the world
The nation state received its name from the idea of the people, or
Nation organizing itself politically for self rule
Private morality is an individual’s ideas about
Right and wrong to be practiced in ones personal life
Public morality: the values and principles of
Right and wrong pertaining to public policies and actions
