1. Government and the State
Unit One Week One

2. What would life be like without government?

3. Thomas Hobbes, a 19th Century English philosopher, talks about what life would be like without government, This inevitably leads to conflict, a "war of all against all" and thus lives that are "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short".

4. Government What is Government?
-The institution where society makes and enforces public polices.
What are public polices?
-Everything a government decides to do

7. Basic powers of Government
1. Legislative-makes the laws
2. Executive-enforces the laws
3. Judicial- interpret the laws
Constitution -body of fundamental laws

8. Examples of governments
Dictators
Power in the hands of a single person or small group.

9. Democracy
Authority rests
with the
people

10. Characteristics of a State
What is a state?
People living in a territory with power to make and enforce laws
4 characteristics
population
government
territory
sovereignty-supreme power to rule

12. The origin of the State
The force theory- A stronger group forced their control over a weaker group.

13. The Evolutionary theory-
The state developed out of the early family

14. Divine Right theory-
God created the state and granted kings the right to rule

15. The Social Contract-
The people voluntarily give up unlimited freedom in exchange for the protection of the state.

16. The Purpose of Government
Form a more perfect union
Establish justice
Insure domestic tranquility
Provide for the common defense
Where are these statements from?