Lecture III: The Philosophical Worldview of the Constitution
Includes Lecture Video
I. Major Influences on the Framers
II. The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God
III. Natural Rights
IV. Equality
V. Government By Consent of the Governed
VI. Sinfulness of Human Nature
VII. Issue at Constitutional Convention
VIII. Need for Civic Virtue
Lecture 3 Homework includes: Review, Test, True or False Questions, and Answer Key
 
Benefits of this course:
1. This course was created using ONLY primary source documents; allowing students to read exactly what our founders & founding documents state. No opinions or summaries are present like in today's school textbooks.
2. Students learn about events and views of our founders leading up to the first draft of the Constitution. This gives students a contextual understanding of the words written.
3. Our course was written to help students understand the words of the Constitution as the writers understood them.
4. MUCH MORE!
 
“I recently completed the Institute on the Constitution twelve-week course.  The course on the Constitution was narrated by Jake MacAulay.  Jake’s narration and the course material were excellent.  I have been teaching U.S. Government at the college level for over 30 years..  I will be incorporating a significant amount of the course material into my course for the fall.  I would highly recommend the course for anyone who wishes to substantially increase his or her knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.”
-Ron VonBehren, Professor of Political Science, Valencia College