PREMIUM-Episode 65: The Federalist Papers

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: PREMIUM-Episode 65: The Federalist Papers
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 00:31:25
• Published: 2012-10-27 08:39

On Alexander Hamilton/James Madison's Federalist Papers (1, 10-12, 14-17, 39, 47-51), published as newspaper editorials 1787-8, plus Letters III and IV from Brutus, an Anti-Federalist. What constitutes good government? These founding fathers argued that the proposed Constitution, with its newly centralized (yet also separated-by-branch) powers would be a significant improvement on the Articles of Confederation, which had left states as the ultimate sovereigns. Get the full discussion at partiallyexaminedlife.com.