DBQ - Concept of Democracy

He also states that a man should not hold an office twice and for a certain period of time, or at least not often. In “Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality,” he explains that no man should be completely run by another. that person’s ability to hold the job. In “The Politics,” he describes the election of officers by the people, which is something we still participate in to this day. Many thinkers through out time have contributed their ideas to the type of government. He also states “…would it not have been contrary to good sense to begin by a man surrendering into the hands of a chief the only things he needed his help to preserve?” This strongly argues against an absolute monarchy and strongly for a democratic run government. He believed that all men were equal and therefore should be treated equally.

Another man who had plenty of ideas of democracy was the Enlightenment thinker, John Locke. He believes all men were born with and should hold their natural rights, them being life, liberty, and pursuit of property, this is explained in “The Second Treatise of Civil Government. He believes that the majority rules.

Another person contributing to the ever changing concept of democracy is Aristotle. ” These natural rights were slightly changed and put into our Declaration of Independence later.

One more man contributing to the evolution of a democratic government is another Enlightenment thinker by the name of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In the end, all of their ideas have were combined to make this system a government for and run by the people. Also, he describes judges should be selected by the people, also holding that position for a brief period of time.