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=__**Philosophical points in the arguments and discussions of our Founding Fathers**__=
 * Common sense written by Thomas Paine became a paper that changed the face of the American Revolution. This document allowed for the common people who had not been able to keep up with the war and politics of the upper class to understand what was going on in their country. Many ideas, thoughts, and opinions related to the formation of our new country and government were shown here. One of the stronger things touched on would be moarchy and Thomas Paine's strong dislike of it, as it prevented people from obtaining freedom and having right to all the right that people deserve.**

__The first philosophical point was the need of government to provide stucture, order, and control necessary for society to function properly.__

- as mentioned previously "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one"

- the founding fathers knew that a government, a strong one, to help bring about the birth of our country was necessary

- there was the idea of working towards a perfect society and perfect government with the efforts of the whole comunity

__Another philosophical point mentioned in "Common Sense" was the peoples need to be governed.__ - This is shown in this quote: "We furnish the means by which we suffer"

- with the birth of a new country there was more chaos then order and structure was needed.

- human beings seek out leaders and leaders seek out control, so there is not only a want for government but a seemly primal need for it

- **do you think this is acurate, this need for government in human beings that was noticed and adressed by the Founding Fathers of our nation?**

__A very well known and commonly discussed, argued about, and feared point dealt with the monarchy and the tyranny it produced. People feared this probably above all others and it worked its way into nearly everthing important in the birth of our nation.__

- "But how a race of man came into the world so exalted above the rest, distinguished like some new species"

- The monarchy was one of the main things the people of America feared would rework itself back into the new born government

- This also brought about a need for distrubition of power and making sure that no one group had more power then all the others

- The people were tired of tryanny and the Founding Fathers drove to abolish it, bringing about the three branches of government as well as checks and balences to monitor these branches power

- Also basic human rights that could have been denied by an all powerful monarchy were protected by things such as the Bill of Rights

- The Declaration of Independce stated that all men were created equal in the sight of God

__Feeding off of the previous point about monarchy, there was also many discussions about how moarchy was carried on through hereditary succession and how this should be changed.__

- Hereditary sucession could allow for generations of tryanny from one family passing down its ways

- This kind of appointment of leaders had to be stopped so the beginnings of a process to elect leaders was brought about

- "When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary", so by abolishing hereditary sucessions new leaders chosen by the people and known to have virtue and the capablity to help govern a country could be picked