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| Ultimate political power- having the final say |
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| The cycle from tyranny to anarchy, to which soverign power and its ill effects give rise |
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| A means of removing tyranny from power; part of the human predicament cycle |
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| Absolute Power centralized in one person (or small group); part of the human predicament cycle |
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| No one person (or group) maintains absolute power. Characterized by mass disorder caused by failure to agree on a common course of action; part of the human predicament cycle. |
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| Groups that, in a state of anarchy, fight for supreme power and control; part of the human predicament cycle |
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| Ruling by a sanction higher than stark necessity; sanction may stem from divine right, wisdom or consent etc. |
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| Reasonably stable and prosperous society without an oppressive tyranny. Usually includes peace, respect, vibrant culture, and personal freedom to live the way one chooses. |
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| Greek philospher and author of The Republic, which extolled civic virtue and the necessity of arete. |
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| Claimed political legitimacy through a "divine right of kings" |
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| politicl theory that royal lines are established by God and that Kings rule by divine decree |
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| divinely inspired rule, or rule by religion |
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| rule based on distinguished or wise ancestors and heritage |
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| the priveledge of taking part in the political process and observing society's rules |
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| the fundamental disposition of humans that determines their behavior |
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| Greek term for human virtue, the backbone of republican morality; striving for excellence |
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| 18th century philosophical movement that proposed individual self-interest, rather than Greek virtue or Christian humility, as the motivating factor in human behavior |
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| one of the four alternative forms of government; sees people as children in need of a carefully controlled environment provided by government |
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| one of the four alternative forms of government; sees people (and government) as mostly good but corruptible and so government should have restricted power and try to encourage a good moral climate |
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| first 10 amendments to the Constitution regarding basic protections of rights from the government, passed in response to the anti-federalist argument against the initial Constitution |
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| one of the 4 alternatives forms of government; sees the most important value as individual freedom and holds that government should only protect that freedom and nothing more |
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| one of the 4 alternative forms of government; sees people in the most favorable light, but institutions or other influences can corrupt them, so government is necessary to protect them from such corruption |
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| 3rd president of the US, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and an influencial founding father of the US |
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| rules and restrictions designed to better harness virtue |
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| city or city-state, often self-governed by its citizens as the ancient Greek city-states were |
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| the social concept of a group of autonomous individuals living in a state of nature, making a common agreement about the sort of political world they want to live in |
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| hypothetical condition assumed to exist in the absence of government where human beings live in "complete" freedom and general equality |
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