libralism

Question 1

what were john lockes 2 main theory’s

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social contact theory and minimal state

Question 2

what is social contract theory

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society,state and the government are based on voluntary agreements

Question 3

what is limited government

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the idea that government should be limited and must have consent of the people

Question 4

what are marywollstonecrafts 2 main ideas

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reason and formal equality

Question 5

what is reason?

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the idea that woman are rational independent beings capable of reason

Question 6

what is formal equality

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to be free woman should enjoy full civic liberties and be allowed to have a career

Question 7

what are john stuart mills 2 main ideas

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harm printable and tolerance

Question 8

what is harm principle?

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we should be free to do anything other then harm other individuals

Question 9

what is tolarance?

Answer 9

just because a view is popular dosent make it correct

Question 10

what is john rawls main 2 ideas

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theory of justice and veil of ignorance

Question 11

what is the theory of justice

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society must be just and guarantee each citizen a good quality of life

Question 12

what is the veil of ignorance

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hypothetical scenerio where individuals agree on the type of society they want without knowing what there potion in that society will be

Question 13

what are betty friedan 2 main ideas

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legal equality and equal opportunity

Question 14

what is legal equality

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woman are just as capable as men and oppressive laws and social views must be overturned

Question 15

what is equal opportunity

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woman are being held back form achieving there potential because of the limited number of jobs that are acceptable for women

Question 16

who are the 5 key thinkers?

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john Locke, mary Wollstonecraft, john Stuart mill, john rawly, betty friedan

Question 17

what is positive freedom?

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the idea that freedom is about personal fulfilment and retaliation of potential

Question 18

what is negative freedom

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the absence of external constraints in society as well as no interference in the private sphere

Question 19

what are the key beliefs of classic liberalist

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• egotistical individualism
  -mechanistic theory
  -social contract theory
  -mills harm principle
  -individuals are rational and are capable of logical thought
  -individuals are tolerant

Question 20

what is the original position

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individuals must construct a society from scratch that they thought was better then the one currently lived in one of the main focouses on this position would be how to identify how wealth and power should be distributed

Question 21

what do classic liberals believe the about the size of the state

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they believe in a minimal state that should protect negative freedom and negative rights and guarantee formal equality of oppertunity

Question 22

what do modern liberals believe about the size of the state

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they believe in an large enabling state that promotes positive freedom and positive rights and sustains equality of oppertunity

Question 23

what is negative rights

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condemned by majotorianism and the threat that extending the franchise posed to property rights

Question 24

why do Liberals view the state as a nessicary evil

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as they believe that the state is something that is necessary to protect individual rights but also believe that it can limit rights

Question 25

what is Mary wollstone crafts idea on formal equality

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she agreed with a constitutional defence on individual rights but that those rights must be available to both woman and man and that to be free woman should enjoy full civil liberties and be allowed a carrerr

Question 26

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Question 27

what is individualism

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the idea that individuals intrests are more important then collective social interests

Question 28

what is collectivism

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limits that are placed on individuals freedom in order to presue common good

Question 29

what is classic liberals view on individualism

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they believe in egotistical individualism that place importance on self intestines and self reliance they believe our human nature is fixed and we have everything we need at birth to flourish

Question 30

what is modern liberals view of individualism

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modern liberals believe in developmental individualism. the idea that the individual freedom is linked to the desire to create a society in which each person can grow and flourish

Question 31

what is the state of nature

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a hypothetical example of what life might have been like before laws and governments

Question 32

what is the classic liberal view on tolerance

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classic liberals belive that rational individuals are capible of tolerance. Locke argued that int he state of nature that people are able to excersise there natural rights

Question 33

what is the modern liberal view on tolerance

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they believe that individuals are capable of tolarance and that tolerance should be extended to intolerant acts unless it thretend the security of others in society.
attempted to expand the principle of tolarance outlined by classical librals this is known as social liberalism

Question 34

what is modern liberal thinker Betty Friedan view on tolerance

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she argued for grater toleration of different genders and races she argued that too many individuals were held back in western socities based on innate factors like there gender race ethnicity etc