Chapter: 1 Themes on the New Anxieties

Question 1

Social basis of new anxieties to our people are … , …. , and ….
(Page 5)

Answer 1

Geographic, educational and moral

Question 2

Two types of politicians stepped up to the vacuum:

Page 6

Answer 2

Ideologues and populists

Question 3

What was the foundation of the political parties of the centre left, the parties of social democracy?

Answer 3

Co-operatives

Question 4

Social democrats founded upon co-operation to ensure practical ….. of communities.

Answer 4

reciprocity

Question 5

Social democrats drifted from practical reciprocity of communities and captured by…. …. ….
(page 9)

Answer 5

Middle-class intellectuals

Question 6

Social democrats adopted social …… over communitarianism

Answer 6

paternalism

Question 7

Jonathan Haidt measured fundamental values around the world: they are….

Answer 7

Loyalty - norms developed to support the group, rewarded with belonging

Fairness - Norms evolved to keep order in group, rewarded with esteem

liberty - Evolutionary primitive

hierarchy - Norms evolved to keep order in group, rewarded with esteem

care - Evolutionary primitive

sanctity - norms developed to support the group, rewarded with belonging
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Question 8

The reciprocal obligations built by the co-operative movement had drawn on the values of …. and ….

Answer 8

Loyalty and fairness

Question 9

Paternalism of Utilitairan by e.g. bulldozing communities to build flyovers and high rise towers breach the values of …., …. , …..

Answer 9

Loyalty, fairness and liberty

Question 10

People’s Backlash of paternalism led to the vanguard of Utilitarian promoting idea of people protecting their ….

Answer 10

Rights

Question 11

Vanguard of Utilitarian, now the Libertarians, restored …. to individuals but not ….
Even Benthan disagreed with concept of natural right.

Answer 11

Libertarians
Rights
Obligations.

Question 12

Vanguard of Utilitarian relying upon philosopher, …. who countered Bentham’s critique of natural rights

Answer 12

John Rawls

Question 13

Via John Rawls, language of rights and notion of inclusion hardened into group identities that have become ….

Answer 13

Oppositional

Question 14

Woke: The struggle is invigorated by envisioning an …. ….
Common political strategy of fascism and Marxism

Answer 14

Enemy group.

Question 15

Social democrats now influenced by ….. economist and Rawlsians ….

Answer 15

Utilitarians

lawyers

Question 16

Example of utilitarian economist policy shifting social democrats away from co-operation and contribution was ….

Answer 16

Welfare benefits redesigned so that entitlement was unlinked to contribution.

Question 17

Example of rawlsian lawyers shifting social democrats away from co-operation and contribution was ….

Answer 17

Redress guided by disadvantage e.g. right of refugees became top priority for social democrats in 2018 coalition negotiations regardless of the mood in the country.

Question 18

Social democrats ignored normal moral instincts of reciprocity and desert - imposed by vanguard of

Answer 18

cognoscenti

Question 19

Opposing philosopher to John Rawls?

Answer 19

Robert Nozick

Question 20

Robert Nozick considers that on the outset, utilitarianism looks egalitarian but it is not, based on …. ….

Answer 20

utility monster

Question 21

This book proposes neither an ideology, the men of …. or those who peddled populism- the men of ……

It is taking a ….. stance like Lee Kwan Yew, Pierre Trudeau and Paul Kagame.

View promoting …. capitalism - social ….

Answer 21

principle
charisma

ethical
maternalism