NATURAL RIGHTS & CLASSICAL
REPUBLICANISM
JOHN LOCKE
A Philosopher
 Believed in Natural
Rights
 3 Natural Rights:
 1. Life
 2. Liberty
 3. Property

State of NatureNo government, no rules.
1.
People and their property
will be insecure and
unprotected.
2.
People are sociable and
reasonable but have selfinterest.
3.
Stronger & smarter
people will take
advantage of the weaker.
4.
The weaker will band
together against the
stringer.
5.
In order to govern you
must have consent.

REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
Direct Democracy(Ancient Greece)
people rule
themselves
 Republic- (Ancient
Rome) people elect
representatives.


1.
2.
3.
Characteristics:
Civic Virtue- you work
to help others and serve
the common good. You
put others above
yourself.
Moral EducationTeach right from wrong
to have civic virtue and
help common good.
Small, Uniform
Communities- Small
community with the
same beliefs.
ADVANTAGES
Representatives
selected to serve the
common good.
Common Good- what
is best for the
community as a
whole.
2. Laws are more
efficient or better for
the people.
1.
3. People have a say in
their government.
4. The representatives
have to listen to the
people.
Representativepeople elected to act
for others.
Can you name
representatives in
SBHS?
Representative
Democracy
Disadvantages
1. Doesn’t work in
large communities
 2. Difficult for
everyone to have the
same beliefs.
 3. Factions-small
interest groups would
form.

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People elect
representatives who
then vote for laws for
the people.