LIBERALISM 10.10.18 Flashcards
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LIBERALISM
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- liber = free
- reluctant collectivists and modified individualism
- dominant ideology since WWII
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human nature
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- moral and national
- equal opportunity
- want to improve themselves
- egoistic and altruistic
3
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society
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- individual freedom and well-being of society
- Darwinism and cooperation
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nation state
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- take action to ensure individuals can sustain themselves
- role is to regulate social, economic, and political life
- ensure equal opportunities
- intervention should maximize individual welfare
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social beliefs
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- individualism
- take advantage of equal opportunities
- no recognition of unfair advantage
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economic beliefs
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- equal opportunities to compete in market place
- capitalism is the best but not self-regulating
- -> inefficient, harmful
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political beliefs
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- elected representatives
- pluralism (among interest groups)
- government is an independent arbitrator of competing interest groups
- voices heard
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social problems
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- result of social disorganization
- didn’t work hard enough
- changes in the person or system
- consequences not the root
- technical flaws in the capitalist
- fine tuning (little changes)
- individuals as causality of capitalism
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social welfare
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- accepts inequality but not extreme
- capitalism will not solve
- changes WITHIN the system
- individuals cope, adjust and fit the society
- reactive
- meet SOCIAL MINIMUM
- institutional approach
- advocacy
- not structural changes
