Question

How did the founders view of human nature influence the value they placed on the individual?

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The US Founding Fathers valued the personal liberties of the individual over any kind of suppressive power. They considered that each free individual was capable to pursue their happiness under through self-responsibility and the help of civil institutions in society.

The United States Founding Fathers were the people that could unite the thirteen American colonies to fight for their independence from England. Among them, they were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison.

Answer 2

The founders view of the human nature did influence the value they then place of the individual as they valued the individual stress freedom, the personal responsibility, self reliance as well as the achievement letting them to pursue their path and can have the liberty and happiness.