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[Dreadraven]

OK.... I need to write an essay on this.. and I'm so far drawing a blank :-\ Please help me

?In a democratic system, representatives are elected by the public in order to serve that same public. Does this mean that a representative should act as the mouth of his/her constituents? Or, is the representative required and entitled to act on his/her own moral and philosophical convictions, as the competent figure head of the public??

 

[Dreadraven]

Whooo thanks for posting so many thoughts guys...
cmon i need help!!

 

[DrumminBoy]

the representative's ideas and the public's should be one in the same, thats why they elected him. So basically, the representative acts on his own moral and philosophical convictions, but the public generally agrees with them (if he's a good, ahem, HONEST politician)

 

[BCYL]

Originally posted by: Dreadraven
Whooo thanks for posting so many thoughts guys...
cmon i need help!!

Sorry but we are not obligated to do your homework for you

 

[oLLie]

I'd argue that by the mere definition of the word "representative" and the fact that it was chosen to identify someone who holds such a position, would imply that he/she is supposed to act as the mouth of his/her constituents...

Just my two though

 

[Maverick]

representatives certainly don't act as the mouth of his or her constituents. If they did that, they'd be lawyers.