POLI330 week 3 TCO assessment
Question 1
pts
(TCO 2) As we have been discussing, throughout history, many people were
not fans of pure democracy. One of the reasons for this was the idea of
factions, as addressed in Madison’s Federalist No. 10. So what is the
definition of a faction?
Your Answer:
"a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the
whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or
of interest".
Faction is a group of people that shares common interest and united against
larger oppositional group and fights for its own ideas.
Refer to Paragraph 2 of Federalist No. 10.
Question 2
pts
(TCO 2) Why are factions a threat to a democratic government?
Your Answer:
Democracies can be destroyed by factions. Faction will try to get what they
want even though it adversely affects others.
Refer to Paragraph 2 of Federalist No. 10.
Question 3
pts
(TCO 2) According to Madison, what are the two ways to remove the cause of
a faction?
Your Answer:
Destroying the liberty and to make everyone think alike, to share the same
opinion, passion and interest.
Refer to Paragraph 4 of Federalist No. 10.
Question 4
pts
(TCO 2) From your reading, please distinguish why the two ways to remove a
faction are not effective.
Your Answer:
Question 1
pts
(TCO 2) As we have been discussing, throughout history, many people were
not fans of pure democracy. One of the reasons for this was the idea of
factions, as addressed in Madison’s Federalist No. 10. So what is the
definition of a faction?
Your Answer:
"a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the
whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or
of interest".
Faction is a group of people that shares common interest and united against
larger oppositional group and fights for its own ideas.
Refer to Paragraph 2 of Federalist No. 10.
Question 2
pts
(TCO 2) Why are factions a threat to a democratic government?
Your Answer:
Democracies can be destroyed by factions. Faction will try to get what they
want even though it adversely affects others.
Refer to Paragraph 2 of Federalist No. 10.
Question 3
pts
(TCO 2) According to Madison, what are the two ways to remove the cause of
a faction?
Your Answer:
Destroying the liberty and to make everyone think alike, to share the same
opinion, passion and interest.
Refer to Paragraph 4 of Federalist No. 10.
Question 4
pts
(TCO 2) From your reading, please distinguish why the two ways to remove a
faction are not effective.
Your Answer:
