SOCIETY Flashcards
1
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localism
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- society is a collection of localised communities called little platoons
- these provide individuals with security and status and prevent selfish individualism
2
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organicism
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- society cannot he created it emerges gradually
- society is a plant not a machine, unpredictable and controlled by complex unreasonable forces
3
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empiricism
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- deal with issues in a practical how it is fashion, not based on how society may evolve
4
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judeo christian morality
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- connected to old testament
- original sin, ethical guidance, accountability, marriage etc
5
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tradition
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- effectiveness of society rests upon it
- customs and habit provide security
- change and reform must be slow not drastic
6
Q
hierarchy
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- natural and preferred
- created by imperfection of humanity leading to inequality
- comes with responsibility of paternalism / noblesse oblige
- relationship between upper and lower class like father child
7
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property
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- respect for property crucial as closely tied to tradition
- provides stability
- partnership between the alive dead and yet to be born
- people with property have a stake in existing society so will have concern for those less fortunate
- an incentive to exercise duty to care
8
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hobbes view
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- can be no society until state brings order and authority
- life until then is nasty brutish and short
9
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burke view
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- organic and multifaceted
- little platoons
10
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rand view
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- atomistic, mere sum total of all its individuals
- any attempt to restrict individuals in the name of society should be challenged
11
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disagreements within strands
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TRAD CON - little platoons overseen by hierarchical paternalistic structure, great focus on tradition and culture
NEW RIGHT - ambivalent about society even existing, atomism. prefer a meritocratic society.
