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Questions

1. The dominant philosophical foundation of the US constitutional system of government is classical liberalism.

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2. John Locke emphasized that governmental power derives from the consent of the governed, not royalty or religion.

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3. In political theory, classical liberalism is concerned with the unequal distribution of wealth.

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4. Classical liberals see the acquisition of private property and possessions as a central aspect of freedom.

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5. The term public interest is what most policy advocates claim they wish to promote but the term is difficult to define and has a variety of meanings.

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6. The founder of the harm principle was the British philosopher John Stuart Mill.

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7. Mill drew a sharp distinction between self-regarding actions and other-regarding actions, suggesting that individuals should be free to engage in self regarding actions.

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8. Although democracies emphasize the consent of the governed, people tacitly delegate policy making to specialists in the government because it is impractical for citizens to vote on every issue of the day.

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9. When the voting age was lowered to 18 in the 1970s, a grass-roots movement led many states to lower the minimum legal drinking age to 18, 19, or 20.

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10. According to classical liberals, pornography is offensive to many people but that is not a valid justification for restricting the use of such material in private.

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