Political Philosphy Flashcards
Social Democracy
The market is heavily regulated.
All citizens have the right to essential goods and services.
Certain key industries are publicly owned.
Socialism
All major means of production are publicly owned.
Economic outcomes are determined by a public planning process.
Laissez-faire Capitalism
The means of production are privately owned.
Economic activity is driven by a desire for profit.
Economic outcomes are determined by a process of competition.
The market is largely unregulated.
Liberalism
The rights of individuals are the primary values of justice.
One’s community has values only so much as it serves individual rights.
No essential connection in terms of nature is separate and independent from the community.
Communitarianism
The good of one’s community is the primary value of justice.
One’s community can have intrinsic value.
There is an essential connection between the individuals and his or her community.
To take the individual out of a community would be confusing to the individual.
The Problem of the Liberal Soldier
All people have equal right to life and liberty.
Soldiers are obligated to go to war upon command.
How are the two reconcilable?
Autonomy
Only submitting to laws one gives one’s self, self-governing.
To submit to the authority of another is always to give up one’s autonomy.
Authority
To have authority is to have the right to be obeyed.
The right to command.
Authority de jure
Authority by name
Authority de facto
Authority by legitimacy
“Person in uniform”
“King is ruler”
“Traditionally always been this way”
The Unencumbered Self
Independent of things one cares about, one’s attachments, and one’s values.
The Problem with the Unencumbered Self
Sandel says:
The problem with the unencumbered self is that all of us have attachments and values that constitute our identity
