"Political society," Aristotle wrote, "exists for the sake of noble action."  The CitizenU Laboratory will be a place to practice noble action.  Here citizens will be empowered to demonstrate the lessons they have learned.  Merely hearing without doing means little over time.  Though the word citizen may be classified as a noun our future depends upon citizen being a verb.  After learning in our library and interacting in our lounge tame your inner political animal by performing noble actions.

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                                                                                             Taking Turns Being a ‘Framer’

Directions: Read each of the following six (6) predicaments.  Carefully choose the BEST option in each.  Be prepared to qualify your decision.  Extend your understanding and take on the role of James Madison, "the Father of the Constitution."  What options would Madison have chosen?  Cite historical examples. Compare and contrast Madison's views with your own.

(1)

a. A political system with the most popular democracy possible - that is one that translated popular wants into laws and policies as efficiently as possible; or...
b. A political system that gave elected officials considerable latitude to do what they wanted to or felt best, without having to worry too much about public opinion?

(2)

a. A political system that could quickly make policy changes; or...
b. A political system where major changes in policy are very hard to effect and happen only rarely?

(3)

a. A political system that allows minorities to block governmental actions that they feel are unfair or unjust to them; or...
b. A political system in which the majority prevails, even in the face of minority opposition?

(4)

a. A political system that seeks to make its citizens virtuous and good; or...
b. A political system that leaves citizens alone to live as they wish?

(5)

a. A political system with the power centralized in one place, to allow coherent and consistent policy across an entire nation; or...
b. A political system with power decentralized, to represent the needs and wants of various localities?

(6)

a. A political system that assumes that people are generally self-seeking, and attempts to make the best of that fact; or...
b. A political system that seeks to make its citizens unselfish and concerned with the common good?