According to Madison, a faction is a group of citizens that is brought together by "some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens." It seems that Madison disapproves of factions and gives a negative connotation to the word; he says that they are created through impulses and go against the rights of other citizens, which the founding fathers were trying to avoid. To me, a "faction" translates to something like a political party currently, although I've read that factions are more like interest groups. Political parties influence the government, and interest groups are groups "determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected."
1) Are factions okay in little "amounts"?
2) What would be the "rights" of other citizens? People think that some issues are rights and some are not.
3) Wouldn't the factions have the rights to create a group based on what they believe in? Why do they have to cure/remove them?
4) Would a faction be considered as a political party today?
Credit:
http://www.twyman-whitney.com/americancitizen/links/lobbies.htm
"What would be the "rights" of other citizens? People think that some issues are rights and some are not."
ReplyDeleteAgree, a key question!!