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Question: What principles underpin the Declaration of Independence? Do you see any missing ones?
Do you think the Articles of Confederation were doomed from the beginning? Why?
Though the Articles of Confederation failed in the 1780s, would such a plan have more success today? Why?
Would making the Constitution easier to amend reduce the amount of political debate that currently exists in the United States? What are the potential problems with making amendments easier?
Does approval of a policy by the majority in a society automatically imply that the policy benefits society as a whole?
Modern-day citizens inherited a Constitution for which they did not vote; nor did they participate in the creation of the document. On what basis should present-day Americans accept the U.S. Constitution as a governing document?
How would a present-day society change if no government existed? Would the result be a Hobbesian "state of nature," where life is "poor, solitary, nasty, brutish, and short," or would individuals find a way to get along? How does this affect your view of the role of government in present-day society?
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