DEFINITION: IDEA
•ANY THOUGHT THAT HAS YET TO BECOME A
REALITY
•A OPINION OR BELIEF
•CAN THERE BY BAD IDEAS?
BAD IDEA!
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DEFINITION: IDEAL
•AN IDEA THAT LACKS PRACTICALITY – IT IS
VERY UNLIKELY TO REACH
•THE PERFECT OPTION
•CAN THERE BY BAD IDEALS?
BAD IDEALS
•HOLOCAUST
•RWANDAN GENOCIDE
•ISIS INVASION OF IRAQ
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR
GOVERNMENT? FOR US?
•GOVERNMENTS STRIVE FOR IDEALS. PERFECT
OPTIONS. THE IDEALS CAN NEVER BE REACHED
100%
•BUT IT IS THE PEOPLE’S RESPONSIBILITY TO
ENGAGE IN POLITICS SO THAT THE IDEALS CAN
BE REACHED TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE POINT.
IDEALLY BUT REALITY IS…
•IN YOUR NOTES, FILL IN THE BLANK TO THIS
SENTENCE.
IDEALLY, I’D LIKE TO
IDEA
REALITY IS
IDEAL
BUT
.
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THE 5 IDEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
CIVICS &
GOVERNMENT
RIGHTS
•DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE:
“THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH
CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.”
•DEFINITION: POWERS OR PRIVILEGES
GRANTED TO PEOPLE EITHER BY AN
AGREEMENT AMONG THEMSELVES OR BY LAW
LIBERTY = FREEDOM
• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE:
“THE AMONG THESE (RIGHTS) ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.”
• LIBERTY CAN MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS:
• POLITICAL FREEDOM
• CIVIL LIBERTY
• MORAL AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
• OPPOSITION OF SLAVERY
EQUALITY
•DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE:
“ ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL”
•DEFINITION: THE IDEAL SITUATION IN WHICH
ALL PEOPLE ARE TREATED THE SAME AND
VALUED EQUALLY
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IS NOT
EQUALITY OF SITUATION
• USINGthis
ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S “RACE OF LIFE”
means the
ANALOGY, IT MEANS THAT THE SAME RULES
APPLY TO ALL OF THE RUNNERS AND THAT
ALL LANES HAVE THE SAME MAN-MADE
OBSTACLES.
Law doesn’t
play favorites.
It means that the poor kid born in a low income home
will never have an equal life to that of Justin Bieber
OPPORTUNITY
•DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE:
“THAT AMONG THESE (RIGHTS) ARE LIFE,
LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS”
•DEFINITION: THE CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO
PURSUE THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS
DEMOCRACY
•DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE:
“THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS,
GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN,
DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.”
•A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT BASED ON THE
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED (THE PEOPLE)
WHAT IS – WHAT IS NOT
•RIGHTS ARE: POWERS OR
PRIVILEGES GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE
•RIGHTS ARE NOT: DOING
WHATEVER YOU WANT