IDEOLOGY THINKERS Flashcards

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John Locke

(classical liberal)

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HN - rational self interest, mindful of others
STATE - representative by consent
SOCIETY - natural laws and rights, existed before state
ECONOMY - right to property, state policy respect individual competition

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Mary Wollstonecraft

(classical liberal)

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HN - rationalism defines men and women
STATE - no monarchy, republic must enrich women’s rights
SOCIETY - stifled female individualism
ECONOMY - free market aided by women

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John Stuart Mill

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HN - rational, not fixed
STATE - representative democracy, mindful of minorities
SOCIETY - individuality, coexist with tolerance and self improving
ECONOMY - laissez faire vital

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John Rawls

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HN - selfish yet empathetic
STATE - public spending/services to aid less fortunate
SOCIETY - improved condition of the poor
ECONOMY - free-market capitalism, help poor

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Betty Friedan

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HN - evolved to discourage women’s advancements
STATE - legislate to prevent discriminating women
SOCIETY - women complicit in discrimination
ECONOMY - free market to ally women’s freedom

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Thomas Hobbes

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HN - cynical, selfish, desire supremacy and security
STATE - socially contracted, autocratic, and awesome
SOCIETY - state predates society cannot exist without
ECONOMY - state guarantees order of constructive, enduring economics

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Edmund Burke

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HN - sceptic, “crooked timber of humanity” unable to reach perfection
STATE - arise organically, hereditary elite
SOCIETY - organic, multifaceted, “little platoons”
ECONOMY - laissez faire, organic free market

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Michael Oakeshott

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HN - modest, best when free from grand design
STATE - pragmatic, traditional and practical
SOCIETY - localised communities essential, guided by short term
ECONOMY - free market volatile, require moderation

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Ayn Rand

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HN - objectivist, rational self interest
STATE - confined to law, order and national security
SOCIETY - atomistic, sum of its individuals
ECONOMY - free market expresses individuality, good!

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Robert Nozick

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HN - egotistical, quest for self-ownership
STATE - minarchist, should only outsource contracts to private companies providing public services
SOCIETY - small variable communities, individuals self fulfilment
ECONOMY - state detach itself, only involved in disputes

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Max Stirner

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HN - self interested egoists
STATE - denial of individualism
SOCIETY - complete self reliant, society restrains
ECONOMY - accumulation of property is our main economic motive

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Peter Kropotkin

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HN - sociable, prefer collective activity
STATE - destroyed by revolution, replaced by voluntary self governing communities
SOCIETY - communes are basis of society
ECONOMY - capitalism replaced by communist system

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Mikhail Bakunin

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HN - social animals, productive workers
STATE - servant to capitalism, both destroyed by revolution
SOCIETY - federal system, abolition of national boundaries, co operate > compete
ECONOMY - system of exchange based on true value of labour/goods

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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HN - productive abilities, creative producers
STATE - oppressive, abolished by peaceful democracy
SOCIETY - mutualism, people bound by mutually beneficial relations
ECONOMY - independent productive units should trade

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Emma Goldman

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HN - individual liberty, desire for freedom
STATE - one source of oppression, others are religion and property ownership
SOCIETY - campaigned for economic, gender and racial equality
ECONOMY - communist

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Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels

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HN - fraternal and altruistic, contaminated by capitalism
STATE - destroyed by revolution and replaced by dictatorship of proletariat
SOCIETY - society defined by capitalism is sickening, communist society “end of history”
ECONOMY - capitalism replaced by collective ownership based eco

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Rosa Luxembourg

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HN - fraternity still flourishes in proletariat
STATE - spontaneuous revolution from strikes, state should be a genuine democracy
SOCIETY - class ridden, morally indefensible but sub cultures exist
ECONOMY - necessary destruction of capitalism will require determination and solidarity among prols

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Beatrice Webb

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HN - originally cooperation, corrupted by capitalism
STATE - existing state could create a gradual transition to socialism (couple with suffrage)
SOCIETY - inequality depresses human potential
ECONOMY - chaos replaced security of workers full fruits of labour

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Anthony Crosland

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HN - powerful sense of fairness
STATE - democratic socialist govs (eg Labour 1945-51) prove current state can create effective radical social change
SOCIETY - increasingly complex, new social groups compromise meritocratic managers and classless technocrats
ECONOMY - mix economy, limit public ownership and keynesian cap, will finance public spending for equality

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Anthony Giddens

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HN - shaped by socio-economic changes, fairness instinct competes with aspirations
STATE - should improve, decentralise power and encourage participation
SOCIETY - embourgeoisement, egalitarians must harness forces
ECONOMY - neo-lib eco propelled by privatisation and deregulation, provide tax yield for public spending