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Federalist 10
Trying to put Fed 10 in a form I can understand
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Undergraduate 1
10/03/2012

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Why did Madison write Federalist 10?
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It was propaganda to convince citizens of New York of the new Constitutionand the need for an Extended Republic, to "Extend the Sphere."
Violence of majority factions which Anti Feds did not recognize and therefore did not address
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What were the goals of Fed 10?
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Get rid of majority factions and preserve democracy.
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What are Madison's two ways to manage factions?
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!)Destroy liberty 2)Give every citizen the same opinions (homogenous citizenry)
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Why does Madison think it's unwise and impractical to eliminate the cause of maj. factions?
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"As long as the connection exists between his reason and his self love (human nature) his opinions and his passions will have a reciprocal influence on each other."
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Liberty is to faction what air is to
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fire.
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Just as foolish to abolish liberty because it nourished faction, as it is to annihilate
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air, because it imparts fire to its destructive agency.
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Why can you never have a homogenous citizenry?
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Haves will argue over different degrees and kinds of property; have nots (and all people) will find stupid things to fight about
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Since cause of factions cannot be removed, what should we do?
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Control the effects of a majority faction
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Why do we not need to worry about minority factions?
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They can be over ruled.
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What are the four alternative means of controlling majority factions?
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Moral religious motives, 2) pure democracy (small groups) 3) small republic 4)extended republic
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Why will moral, religious motives (civic virtue) not work?
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as your need for them increases, there effectiveness decreases in proportion (to that need)
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Why will a pure democracy not work?
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Nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or obnoxious individual; (Basically, in a small democracy you would still have majority oppression.) Short in their lives as they are violent in their deaths.
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Why will a small republic not work?
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You will still have majority oppression.
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What are the reasons an extended republic will work?
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1) increase the number and variety of interests represented
2)hinder political association based on common interests 3)majority at state level becomes minority at national level 4) compromise results from numerous and varied representatives in Congress
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What does an extended republic prompt?
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1)compromise 2) large electoral districts which appeal to a broader spectrum of voters independent of any single, local interest
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What line in Fed 51 is a good summation of Fed 10?
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In the extended republic...a coalition of a majority of a whole could seldom take place on any other principles that those of justice and the generalgood.
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Who wrote Federalist 10?
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James Madison
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