Overview
Please make a post that outlines what caught your attention while reading (and comparing/contrasting) excerpts from Federalist Papers #10 and #51 by James Madison (Alexander Hamilton and John Jay).
Possible questions to think about / respond to:
- What themes were highlighted in each and why are they important to understand what the 'Founding Fathers' meant when they wrote these essays?
- Does this change how you think about the idea of the Social Contract and/or Democracy? Why? Why not?
- Which quotes caught your attention and why - try to include at least one from each philosopher?
- Are there problematic aspects to these philosophical works, which deal with different aspects of social contract theory? Can you learn positive lessons anyway