The environment that Madison wrote this in needed to explain how the new constitution and republican form of federal government would have greater stability than the previous continental congress. The paper also needed to explain how the system would protect against the competing factions drowning out the rights of minorities and the public good. It also needed to explain how it would halt mob rule. All issues that had posed problems in the self-government of the colonies previous, during and after the revolution of 1776.
Madison sees faction as an unavoidable in a polity of maximum liberty, and consequently seeks to minimize the violence of faction through the system; in other words controlling the effects of faction. Representative government is the process by which Madison seeks to temper this.
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James Madison, not Alexander Hamilton, wrote Federalist 10. His main concern was how the new government under the Constitution can stop a faction that has the support of the majority.
Alexander Hamilton. He wrote 52 of the 85 Federalist essays.
The Federalist Papers is America's contribution to literature on constitutional democracy and federalism. The Federalist Papers concern the interpretation of the American Constitution and the intent of the framers of the Constitution.
The primary purpose of the Federalist Papers was to support and encourage the ratification of the United States Constitution. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison were the authors.
Alexander Hamilton
To deal with the government's financial issues
Alexander Hamilton. He wrote 52 of the 85 Federalist essays.
The Federalist Papers is America's contribution to literature on constitutional democracy and federalism. The Federalist Papers concern the interpretation of the American Constitution and the intent of the framers of the Constitution.
The primary purpose of the Federalist Papers was to support and encourage the ratification of the United States Constitution. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison were the authors.
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Justice and virtue are of primary concern to moral philosophers, ethicists, and individuals seeking to lead ethical lives. They are essential components in the pursuit of a just society and the development of a well-rounded, virtuous character.
To deal with the government's financial issues
After the Civil War, his primary concern became education for blacks.
James Madison was one of three authors of the Federalist Papers, published to encourage the states to ratify the new US Constitution. He and his co-authors, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, wrote from the Federalist perspective. Madison later switched allegiances, joined Thomas Jefferson in the Democratic-Republican Party, and subsequently became the fourth US President, in office from 1809-1817.
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