As the founders of this country contemplated the form of government they wanted to create, they looked to classical republics and natural rights philosophers as models for how they wanted their government to be. Classical Republicanism is the theory that the best kind of society is one that promotes the common good rather than the interests of only one class of citizens. Founders admired the classic Roman Republic for providing the Roman citizens with the …showed first 75 words of 446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 446 total…school zones for the good of the country. There is constantly conflict between individual rights, but in the end, all problems are resolved. For example, security became extremely strict after the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. One could argue that searching bags is an invasion of privacy and natural rights, but most people understand the reasons for taking such drastic precautions and allow security to do its job.