What is government?
What is our definition?
Why do we need it?
How does government affect us?
• What is the difference between
“Government” and a “State?”
Population
Government
Territory
Sovereignty
Legislators
Judges
Executives and
Administrators
What is the purpose of government?
• To form a more perfect union
• To establish justice
• To insure domestic tranquility
• To provide for the common defense
• To promote the general welfare
• To secure the blessings of liberty
Origins of the State
• Force Theory – one group took over
• Evolutionary Theory – government
developed out of families
• Divine Right Theory – God gave rulers a
divine right to rule
• Social Contract Theory – people agree to
protect themselves from themselves
• Thomas Hobbes – “state of nature” theory
• “Humans are evil by nature.”
• Is this true?
“The right to swing my fist,
ends where the other man’s
nose begins”
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
Alternate Intelligence
WHAT GETS WETTER AND
WETTER THE MORE IT
DRIES?
A towel
YOU THROW AWAY THE
OUTSIDE AND COOK THE
INSIDE. THEN YOU EAT THE
OUTSIDE AND THROW
AWAY THE INSIDE. WHAT
DID YOU EAT?
An ear of corn
WHAT GOES UP AND DOWN
THE STAIRS WITHOUT
MOVING?
The Hand Rail
or
Carpet
WHAT CAN YOU CATCH
BUT NOT THROW?
A cold
I CAN RUN BUT NOT WALK.
WHEREVER I GO, THOUGHT
FOLLOWS CLOSE BEHIND.
WHAT AM I?
A nose
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE
AND RED ALL OVER?
AN EMBARRASSED SKUNK
A ZEBRA PAINTED RED.
A SUNBURNED PENGUIN.
A NEWSPAPER.
WHAT GOES AROUND THE
WORLD BUT STAYS IN A
CORNER?
A stamp