In Federalist No. 10, James Madison argues that the best remedy for the presence of factions is B Republicanism. He advocates for a system of government where representatives are elected, which can help to filter and refine the views of the populace and mitigate the effects of factions. Republicanism allows for a larger number of competing interests, which can help to control the potential tyranny of the majority and protect the rights of all citizens. Thus, the correct response is B Republicanism.
AMONG the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction....By a faction, I understand 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, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community....When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government... enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed. - from Federalist No. 10 In Federalist No. 10, what principle of U.S. government would the author- James Madison- be MOST likely to suggest as a remedy for the presence of "factions"? Responses A BicameralismBicameralism B RepublicanismRepublicanism C Direct DemocracyDirect Democracy D Individual Rights
1 answer