Introductory Writing Assignment
1. In a representative democracy, the role of the government is, at the most basic level, a tool which carries out the will of the majority of the people. The will of the people is manifested in elected officials who vote on behalf of the people. Our good friend, the Englishman John Locke, argued that a government was supposed to protect the people's rights to life, liberty, and property, and that is the minimal amount of work a government should be doing. And ideally, that would be enough because there should be reason for the government to concern itself with ...