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What is the purpose of government as described in the declaration of the independence?
To protect the natural rights of its citizens.
What does the natural rights mean in the declaration of independence?
That the government should protect the rights of their citizens.
Why did john Locke believe that the government had an obligation to protect the citizens natural right?
Because the natural rights are the that we have no choose but to follow
How does the Bill of Rights protect citizens from abuses of power from the government?
protection
What is the main purpose of government according to john Locke?
To protect those natural rights that the individaul can not effectively protect in a state of nature.
What Enlightenment thinker argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of the people?
John Locke, an Enlightenment thinker, argued that the purpose of government is to protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property of its citizens. Locke believed that people are born with these inherent rights, and that government exists to preserve and protect them.
Which philosopher felt it was governments job to protect the rights of citizens?
Plato! He divided the government (the state) into three, stating that justice can only be found in the state when all the classes of the state perform their functions well. Plato stated that it's the government (guardian rulers or philosophical rulers) to protect the rights of the citizens...
Which enlightenment thinker believed that citizens should rebel against a tyrannical government?
John Locke believed that citizens have the right to rebel against a tyrannical government if it violates their natural rights to life, liberty, and property. He argued that government exists to protect these rights, and if it fails to do so, citizens have the right to overthrow it.
Whose rights does the constitution and Bill of Rights protect?
Individual citizens from the power of the federal government and state government.
Which government passes law in order to protect the rights of its citizens?
pluaralism
What was added to the Constitution in order to protect citizens' rights from action of the national government?
Bill of rights!
What did jefferson think should happen to a government that does not protect people's rights?
Locke felt that if a government does not protect the people's rights, the people have the right to dissolve that government. This sentiment affected the writing of the Declaration of Independence.John Locke, a philosopher in 1689, put forth the argument that governments that failed to protect the natural rights of its citizens were subject to change by a revolution if necessary.
