60-Second Civics: Episode 2289, Natural rights philosophy, Part 7: Inalienable rights
During the crisis of the Revolution, Americans took a more personal view of their inalienable...
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2289, Natural rights philosophy, Part 7: Inalienable rights
During the crisis of the Revolution, Americans took a more personal view of their inalienable...
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2290, Natural rights philosophy, Part 8: Popular sovereignty
Two important ideas from natural rights philosophy: popular sovereignty and government by...
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2291, Natural rights philosophy, Part 9: Limited government
According to John Locke, the people own government and the people can terminate it....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2292, Natural rights philosophy, Part 10: Human equality
Slavery was introduced in Virginia in 1619. Nevertheless, the idea of human equality would be...
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2293, History and rights, Part 1: The Judeo-Christian religious tradition
Much of the Founders' commitment to liberty and individual rights sprang from the Judeo-Christian...
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2294, History and rights, Part 2: The influence of the Church
Christianity was a powerful force during the Middle Ages but political loyalties were still...
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2295, History and rights, Part 3: Feudalism
Europe in the Middle Ages was fragmented, people were isolated, and feudalism predominated....
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Some medieval ideas about society and government came from classical republicanism....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2297, History and rights, Part 5: Medieval European society
Imagine a society where you never leave the social class you were born in: this was medieval...
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2298, History and rights, Part 6: The Renaissance
A lot of things changed during the Renaissance. Find out what happened on 60-Second Civics....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2299, History and rights, Part 7: The Protestant Reformation
The Reformation was a powerful stimulus to modern individualism....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2300, History and rights, Part 8: Greater freedom of conscience
The Reformation encouraged greater freedom of conscience and decentralzed religious authority....
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The Reformation posed a threat to most established institutions and authority....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2302, History and rights, Part 10: Wars of the Reformation
The Reformation sparked bloody violence in Europe that would spawn the modern nation-state....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2303, History and rights, Part 11: The Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia gave rise to the modern nation-state....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2304, History and rights, Part 12: The rise of capitalism
The increase in over greater distances help break up feudalism in Europe....
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Capitalism was justified by both natural rights philosophy and Protestant religious ideas....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2306, History and rights, Part 14: Age of Enlightenment
On today's podcast, we discuss the factors that led to the Age of Enlightenment....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2307, History and rights, Part 15: Science and reason
On today's podcast, we discuss the factors that led to the Age of Enlightenment....
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2308, History and rights, Part 16: Enlightenment political philosophers
Today we learn about four influential political philosophers of the Enlightenment....
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