Key Thinkers Flashcards
1
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John Locke
Liberal
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- Classic Liberal
- Social contract
- Right to “Life, liberty, and estate”
- Limited government
- State protects individual rights
2
Q
John Stuart Mill
Liberal
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- “over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign”
- Classic liberal
- Harm principle
- Tolerance
- Atomic individualism
- Limited government
3
Q
Mary Wollstonecraft
Liberal
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- Women are rational beings
- All people are rational - formal equality
- Value of education
- “A Vindication On The Rights Of Women”
4
Q
John Rawls
Liberal
A
- Modern Liberal
- Social contract
- Veil of ignorance
- Social justice
5
Q
Betty Freidan
Liberal
A
- Women are just as capable as men
- Value of education
- “The Feminine Mystique”
- Women are held back by societal expectations
6
Q
Thomas Hobbes
Conservative
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- Social contract
- “Nasty, brutish, and short”
- Humans are rational
7
Q
Edmund Burke
Conservative
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- Humans are irrational
- Critiqued french revolution
- Natural hierarchy
- Tradition + empiricism
- Gradual change
8
Q
Michael Oakeshott
Conservative
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- Human imperfection
- Pragmatism
- Empiricism
9
Q
Ayn Rand
Conservative
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- Objectivism - rational self interest
- Laissez-faire economy
- Atomic individualism
- Knowledge can be discovered theoretically
10
Q
Robert Nozick
Conservative
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- Libertarianism
- Minimal state
- Against taxation
11
Q
Rousseau
Nationalism
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- Nations have the right to govern themselves
- Governments should implement the will of the people
12
Q
Von Herder
Nationalism
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- Every nation has its own “volkgeist” (folk spirit)
- No nations is superior
- It is important to remain patriotic
13
Q
Maurras
Nationalism
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- Ones nation should be the most important, before the individual
14
Q
Garvey
Nationalism
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- Pan-Africanism, black nationalism
- Did not believe in differences between races
- Create a United States of Africa
- Show that black people could create a successful nation and economy on their own
