Philosophy of American Constitution

There are three main ideas when it comes to the philosophy of the American Constitution. The first one is your natural rights as a human being in a society. The second is republicanism, which unlike your natural rights emphasizes the community instead of one person. The last would be constitutionalism, that’s the idea that there are definable limits on the rightful power of a government over its citizens. With all three of these ideas we were able to write our Constitution.

John Locke said that the absolute rights of people were the basis of all fair and just governments. Just for being a member of the human race entitled all individuals these rights. The authority from the government comes from the consent of the governed people to use their authority to secure and guarantee their natural rights to life, liberty and estate. Life without government is unstable because without government there is no authority to say what the law of nature demands. Since not everyone will follow th...