Ideas & Ideologies

Question 1

The Reformation (Liberalism) ?

Answer 1

Rejection of the Catholic Church and birth of Protestant Christianity

Question 2

The Enlightenment (Liberalism) ?

Answer 2

Believe in reason rather then faith - discussions and debates

Question 3

Divine Right of Kings (Liberalism) ?

Answer 3

Challenge idea that kings are chosen by God and put it down to luck

Question 4

Free Will (Liberalism) ?

Answer 4

Each individual is the best judge of their own actions

Question 5

John Locke ?

Answer 5

Believed in state of nature but that it sometimes had to be regulated by a state
State always has to rule in the best interests of the people and must be consented to

Question 6

Liberalism on Economy ?

Answer 6

Supports capitalism and a right to property

Question 7

Liberalism on Society ?

Answer 7

Free will is central and people should tolerate opinion as much as they may disagree

Question 8

Liberalism on Human Nature ?

Answer 8

Problems are challenges waiting to be overcome
Future isn’t pre planned by God it is up to people to decide

Question 9

Objectives of the Liberal State ?

Answer 9

• Meritocracy
• Tolerance
• Government by Consent
• Equality of opportunity
• Individualism
• Rejection of traditional state

Question 10

Objectives of the Liberal State ?

Answer 10

• Meritocracy
• Tolerance
• Government by Consent
• Equality of opportunity
• Individualism
• Rejection of traditional state

Question 11

Liberalism on the State ?

Answer 11

• Power should be limited
• Spread power across different people
• People should be given political equality

Question 12

Liberalism on the State ?

Answer 12

• Power should be limited
• Spread power across different people
• People should be given political equality

Question 13

Mary Wollstonecraft on Feminism ?

Answer 13

• Equality of women (votes)
• Women need to be empowered in education and be given equal opportunities

Question 14

Mary Wollstonecraft on Liberalism ?

Answer 14

• Individualism
• Gov by consent
• People born equal
• No divine right of kings

Question 15

Utilitarianism ?

Answer 15

Way of deciding bad from good looking at outcomes

Question 16

John Stuart Mill ?

Answer 16

• Tolerance
• Everyone can make progress
• Harm Principle

Question 17

Harm Principle ?

Answer 17

My business is my business and unless it is directly impacting you then keep out

Question 18

Veil of Ignorance ?

Answer 18

Poverty or Wealth is luck and if you didnt know what you were going to be born into what would your ideal world look like

Question 19

Betty Friedan ?

Answer 19

• Individualism
• Positive Discrimination
• Society developed people through media

Question 20

John Rawls ?

Answer 20

• Enabling state
• everyone has equal opportunity
• More tax

Question 21

Neo Liberalism ?

Answer 21

• Small state
• Privatisation + lower tax
• Against dependency

Question 22

Stages of Conservatism ?

Answer 22

• Traditional
• One-Nation
• New Right

Question 23

Conservatism on Human Nature ?

Answer 23

• Humans can never be perfect
• Prefer the known
• Flawless and make mistakes
• Need authority

Question 24

Conservatism on Society ?

Answer 24

• Like stability and orderly change
• Inequality is ok
• Important to own property

Question 25

Conservatism on Economy ?

Answer 25

• Capitalist
• Laissez Faire
• Protection of Property
• Tariffs to protect nation

Question 26

Conservatism on the State ?

Answer 26

• Provide order and authority
• State comes before society
• State should evolve
• Class born to rule

Question 27

Thomas Hobbes ?

Answer 27

• Needs large powerful state
• Gov by consent
• Humans are slightly irrational but not fully
• State controls law and order

Question 28

Edmund Burke ?

Answer 28

• Devolved power
• Free trade
• Some revolution ok
• Build on things to improve