F 10/1 de Tocqueville cont. 46-52

1. What role, according to de Tocqueville, do voluntary organizations play in a democratic society and why are they preferable to the state in most instances?

2. Why, in his view, are newspapers necessary in order to promote public associations?

3. How is “the principle of self-interest rightly understood” supposed to combat selfishness? Why is de Tocqueville’s evaluation of this principle somewhat ambivalent?