Download or read book A Disquisition on Government written by John Caldwell Calhoun and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Disquisition on Government written by Etienne Stockland and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth-century American politician John C. Calhoun occupies a paradoxical place in the history of political thought – and of critical thinking. On one hand, he is remembered as a committed advocate of slavery, consistently espousing views that are now considered indefensible and abhorrent. On the other, the political theories that Calhoun used to defend the social injustice of slavery have become the basis of the very systems by which modern democracies defend minority rights. Despite being crafted in defence of a system as unjust as slavery, the arguments that Calhoun expressed about minority rights in democracies in A Disquisition On Government remain an excellent example of how problem solving skills and reasoning can come together. The problem, for Calhoun, was both specific and general. As matters stood in the late 1840s, the majority of American states were anti-slavery, with only the minority, Southern states remaining pro-slavery. This boiled down to a crucial issue with democracy: the US government should not, Calhoun argued, only respect the wishes of the majority. Instead, democratic government must aim to harmonize diverse groups and their interests – governing, in so far as possible, for everyone. His analysis of how the Southern states could protect what he saw as their right to keep slaves led Calhoun to formulate solutions to the problem of ‘the tyranny of the majority’ that have since helped defend far worthier minority views.

Download or read book A Disquisition on Government and A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States written by John Caldwell Calhoun and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Works of John C Calhoun A Disquisition on government and a discourse on the Constitution and government of the United States written by John Caldwell Calhoun and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Disquisition On Government And A Discourse On The Constitutiona Nd Government Of The United States written by John C Calhoun and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This influential work by John C. Calhoun provides a detailed analysis of American government and politics. In the 'Disquisition on Government', Calhoun explores the nature of political power and its relationship to individual liberty. In the 'Discourse on the Constitution', he offers a critical assessment of the US Constitution and its impact on American politics. With its insightful analysis and enduring relevance, this book is a must-read for students of political philosophy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Calhoun and Popular Rule written by H. Lee Cheek and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) remains one of the major figures in American political thought, many of his critics have tried to discredit him as merely a Southern partisan whose ideas were obsolete even during his lifetime. In Calhoun and Popular Rule, H. Lee Cheek, Jr., attempts to correct such misconceptions by presenting Calhoun as an original political thinker who devoted his life to the recovery of a "proper mode of popular rule." As the first combined evaluation of Calhoun's most important treatises, The Disquisition and The Discourse, this work merges Calhoun's theoretical position with his endeavors to restore the need for popular rule. It also compares Calhoun's ideas with those of other great political thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison--while explaining what is truly unique about Calhoun's political thought.

Download or read book A Disquisition on Government written by John Caldwell Calhoun and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Disquisition on Government written by John C. Calhoun and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 Reprint of 1943 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The "Disquisition on Government" is Calhoun's short, definitive and comprehensive statement on the minority rights in U.S. constitutional law. It systematically presents his arguments that a numerical majority in any government will typically impose a despotism over a minority unless some way is devised to secure the assent of all classes, sections, and interests and, similarly, that innate human depravity would debase government in a democracy. Written between 1843 and 1848, the work addresses such diverse issues as states' rights and nullification, slavery, and the growth of the federal judicial power. Articulating Calhoun's perspective on government as seen from the point of view of a permanent minority (the South), it proposes the doctrine of a concurrent majority. Calhoun's concept of concurrent majority captures the idea that because unchecked majority rule can lead to tyranny over minority interests, minority groups should possess veto power government actions that affect them. Although Calhoun primarily intended this doctrine as a justification for slavery, the broader idea of a concurrent majority as a protection for minority rights has since become a pillar of American political thought.

Download or read book A Disquisition on Government written by Hse Guides and published by Hiddenstuff Entertainment LLC.. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published posthumously in 1851, John C. Calhoun's "A Disquisition on Government" is one of the most influential American political writings ever published. Calhoun was a titanic figure in his political career, and was the South's leading man on the national stage. Here he tackles the nature of man, constitutions, population issues, and the questions of democracy or republic.

Download or read book The Works of John C Calhoun A Disquisition On Government and a Discourse On the Constitution and Government of the United States written by John Caldwell Calhoun and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book A Disquisition on Government written by John C. Calhoun and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Disquisition on Government: And a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States But that constitution of our nature which makes us feel more intensely what affects us directly than what affects us indirectly through others, necessarily leads to conflict between individuals. Each, in con sequence, has a greater regard for his own safety or happiness, than for the safety or happiness of others; and, where these come in opposition, is ready to sacri fice the interests of others to his own. And hence, the tendency to a universal state of conflict, be tween individual and individual; accompanied by the connected passions of suspicion, jealousy, anger and revenge, - followed by insolence, fraud and cruel ty - and, if not prevented by some controlling power, ending in a state of universal discord and confusion, destructive of the social state and the ends for which it is ordained. This controlling power, wherever vested, or by whomsoever exercised, is government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Disquisition on Government written by John Calhoun and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Disquisition on Government comprises Calhoun's definitive and fully elaborated ideas on government. It systematically presents his arguments that (1) a numerical majority in any government will typically impose a despotism over a minority unless some way is devised to secure the assent of all classes, sections, and interests and (2) that innate human depravity would debase government in a democracy. To protect minority rights against majority rule, he called for a "concurrent majority" whereby the minority could sometimes block offensive proposals that a State felt infringed on their sovereign power. Calhoun asserted that Southern whites, outnumbered in the United States by voters of the more densely populated Northern states, were one such minority deserving special protection in the legislature. Calhoun also saw the increasing population disparity to be the result of corrupt northern politics.

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