FIVE PURPOSES OFGOVERNMENT

#1SOLVING CONFLICTS(Domestic Tranquility)

• How to distribute resources

Property

Food

• Maintain public order

through power, or the ability to influence

Power is not always by force

Authority is legitimate power

Implies moral correctnessAcceptance

Power and authority are essential to solving conflict.

#2 Providing Public Service(General Welfare)

Distributing benefits

such as:

Welfare

Disability

Social Security

#3 National Security and Common Defense

• Standing Armies

• Secure Borders

• Diplomacy

#4 Setting Public Policy(General Welfare)

• Improving the Lives of its citizens

• Such as Improving education

• Improving Roads

• Lowering Taxes

#5 Preserving Culture(Secure Liberty and

Democracy)• Culture

#5 Preserving Culture• VALUES

• American Dream

• Individual Freedom

• Choice in Education

• Family

• LANGUAGE

#5 Preserving Culture

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#5 Preserving Culture• BELIEFS

• http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/edwards-v-aguillard.html

#6 A More Perfect Union

Solve new conflicts as they arise

#7 Establish Justice

EQUALITY FOR EVERYONE

Capitalism vs. Communism