Why+Governments?

Link to the UK Parliament: http://www.parliament.uk/about/livingheritage/evolutionofparliament.cfm


 * 1) Define democracy.
 * 2) Define Republic.
 * 3) Do you agree with this interpretation of what a democracy is as stated in the video?
 * 4) Define constitutional monarchy.
 * 5) List if and why these countries are democracies:
 * Constitutional Monarchy || Democracy? Why or why not? ||
 * Bahrain ||  ||
 * Canada ||  ||
 * Saudi Arabia ||  ||
 * Sweden ||  ||

Why do we need governments? List arguments that state the need for governments vs why we would be better without them.
 * Arguments for... || Arguments against... ||

Human Behaviour - are we inherently good, trustworthy, cooperative, or are we **not** inherently good, are we not trustowrthy, and are we not naturally cooperative? Are People Good? Razan AlHanouf Miral Meghan Pamela Daniah Mariam Abdulrahman Rami || Zein
 * Yes we are... || No we are not... ||
 * Andrea

On fence for both Kate Fahad Alyssa Osama Harry ||

**Making a case for government**
You will be asked to represent a particular point of as proposed by various thinkers in history. We will than have a discussion about the reasons we need government, and what its assumptions are, and how it should best be organized, in class. You will be required to:
 * 1) Prepare for the discussion
 * 2) You will research a philosopher and some documents to develop an understanding of this person's ideas.
 * 3) You will represent these ideas in a discussion.
 * 4) You will list your answers to preparation questions on your 'Why Governments?' wiki page.
 * 5) You will prepare for the discussion by practicing in class.
 * 6) You will reflect on how you performed after the discussion.

Here are the questions you will need to answer and post on your wiki: [|Revolutionary Thinkers and Politics-A Discussion.doc] Here are some of the individuals you should research with some places to start reading.

Places to research include:
 * Topics || Person researching A || Person Researching B ||
 * Political Philosophy (excellent site) || x || x ||
 * The Enlightenment || x || x ||
 * The Enlightenment || x || x ||
 * Political Philosophy || x || x ||
 * Types of Political Philosophy || x || x ||
 * Bentham || Mohammed ||  ||
 * Locke || Andrea ||  ||
 * Declaration of Independence ||  ||   ||
 * Feminism (other site) || Osama ||  ||
 * Smith || Alyssa ||  ||
 * M. Foucault || Rami ||  ||
 * Dewey || Meghan ||  ||
 * Hobbes || Pamela ||  ||
 * Hume || Harry ||  ||
 * Wolstonecraft || Kate ||  ||
 * Lincoln || Abdulrahman ||  ||
 * Montesqieu || Zein ||  ||
 * Machiavelli || Razan ||  ||
 * Malthus || Miral ||  ||
 * Marx || David ||  ||
 * Mill || Dana ||  ||
 * Kant || Saad ||  ||
 * Plato || Fahad ||  ||
 * Rawls || Mariam ||  ||
 * Rousseau || Abdullah ||  ||
 * Socialists || Al Hanouf ||  ||
 * Anarchists || Daniah ||  ||