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Core Ideologies - Liberalism Flashcards

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Social Contract…

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The idea that the state and government is set up with agreement of the people to respect the laws that protect them

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Egotistical Individualism

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The idea that freedom is associated with self interest and self reliance.

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Developmental Individualism

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The idea that freedom is linked to individual flourishing

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Foundational Equality

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The idea that people have rights as a result of being born

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Formal Equality

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The idea that people have the same political and legal rights in society

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For liberals what is the most important unit in understanding the world

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The individual

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Two different types of liberal…

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Classical and modern

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Classical liberals believe in…

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Egotistical individualism

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Modern liberals believe in

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Developmental individualism

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The split between liberals…

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Impacts how they think the state can serve the individual

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For liberals the goal of politics is to…

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Maximise the freedom (liberty) of the individual

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For liberals a state is needed to…

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Protect, life liberty and property

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For liberals the state is a…

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necessary evil

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For liberals the state must be…

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Limited

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15
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To avoid authoritarianism…

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Power must be split between three branches

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Civil rights to be protected…

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Freedom of Speech
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of persecution
Right to privacy

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Rationalism…

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The belief that individuals are rational creatures and capable of reason and logic.

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All people should have…

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Equality of opportunity

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The state should embody…

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Justice

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Modern and classical liberals are divided over…

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Concepts of equality and social justice.

21
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Modern liberals came to believe that the state…

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Should be more interventionist

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Liberals have a profound belief in our…

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Right to own property

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Classical liberals believe in the economics of

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Adam Smith

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Modern liberals believe in the economics of

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John Maynard Keynes

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Adam Smith (1723 - 1790)…

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Wrote ‘The Wealth of Nations’ in1776

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Adam Smith coined the term…

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‘The invisible hand’ of the market.

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Who thought that the government could intervene to save the economy?

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John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946)

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For Keynes the government should be…

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The employer of last resort.

29
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Keynes believed in what kind of economy?

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A mixed economy?

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